Ethics in the digital workplace
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
Slovak multinational producer of steel tubes Železiarne Podbrezova announced mass dismissals starting 1 March 2009. Restructuring, which is aimed at increasing competitiveness in the global market will result in 361 employees being made redundant.
Eurofound (2009), Železiarne Podbrezová, Internal restructuring in Slovakia, factsheet number 68211, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68211.