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.
Over 100 jobs have been lost at Semperflex Optimit, a manufacturer of industrial and hydraulic hoses, since the start of 2009. The restructuring was caused by a 40% order decline in comparison with the first quarter of 2008. Presently the company employs about 490 people.
Eurofound (2009), Semperflex Optimit, Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 68556, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68556.