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.
Marcopolo, a Brazilian producer of bus bodies, announced that it will close its plant in Coimbra and dismiss 180 workers by mid September 2009. The management met with Coimbra trade unions and stated that it will respect the workers' rights and provide compensation payments workers are entitled to.
Eurofound (2009), Marcopolo, Closure in Portugal, factsheet number 69469, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69469.