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 Danish based producer of footwear, Ecco, announced 6 April that 1150 jobs wil be cut in four countries. The 565 employees in Denmark will not be affected by the redundancies, which will take place in Slovakia, Thailand, Indonesia and China. The reason for the dismissals is a decline in the sales of shoes.
Eurofound (2009), Ecco, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 68986, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68986.