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.
Vastex Vaslui, producer of textiles, notified the local public service for employment the intention to dismiss 147 employees by the end of March and another 98 employees by the end of May. The job losses are blamed on the economic crisis and decreased market demand.
Eurofound (2009), Vastex, Internal restructuring in Romania, factsheet number 68642, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68642.