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.
Schweitzer Mauduit, an American paper company, has announced that it will close its cigarette paper factory in Vaucluse in southern France. Two years ago the company launched a restructuring plan at its Vaucluse site with the aim of improving financial situation. However, a recent decline in sales has forced the group to close the factory.
Eurofound (2009), Schweitzer Mauduit, Closure in France, factsheet number 68777, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68777.