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 Electric Motor Factory Tamel is to dismiss 198 people (out of a workforce of 1,000) by the end of 2009. The company was established in 1949 and is one of the largest motor manufacturer in Central Europe. Its shareholder is Lindeteves-Jacoberg, part of the ATB Group. The company produces standard motors, explosion proof, single-phase, multi-speed and special motors.
Eurofound (2009), Electric Motor Factory, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 68432, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68432.