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.
IKEA is a major retail group in furniture and household goods, with a workforce of around 128,000 in 24 countries. The job reduction at the warehouses in the units of Torsvik and Älmhult is due to three factors: internal streamlining, the development of the supply chain and a weakening demand.
Eurofound (2009), IKEA, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 68706, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68706.