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.
SCA, a Swedish producer of packaging, hygiene and paper products, has given redundancy notice to 2,200 employees across Europe. The redundancies will affect Sweden (120 jobs), France in Orléans (44 jobs) and Italy (128 permanent jobs) with the closure of the site in Pratovecchio.
SCA has approximately 52,000 employees in 60 countries; 16,000 based at its European packaging operations.
Eurofound (2009), SCA, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 69152, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69152.