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.
The Elwo electrolytes factory (Fabryka Elektrolitów "Elwo") of Pszczyna, a member of the Rafaco corporate group, applied for bankruptcy in January 2009. Elwo has suffered financial exposure pursuant to leveraged foreign exchange options which it had contracted with four banks (Millenium, Fortis Bank, Pekao and ING Bank Śląski) before the recent fluctuations in the currency market. Its 400 workers stand to lose their jobs.
Eurofound (2009), Fabryka Elektrolitów, Bankruptcy in Poland, factsheet number 68227, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68227.