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.
Conforama, the French home furnishings retailer, is to cut 430 jobs and to close 4 shops (out of 19) in Italy. According to the company, the job losses are mainly due to the deteriorating economic climate. The company provides for some economic measures in order to reduce the economic and social negative effects which will affect the redundant workers. In Italy Conforama has 2,200 employees.
Eurofound (2008), Conforama, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 69429, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69429.