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 printing company Verheyen Graphics, located in Deurne, Flanders, was declared bankrupt, which led to the loss of 115 jobs. The company made some important investments over the last few years but the economical crisis did not allow the company to gain from these investments, which led to important financial difficulties.
Eurofound (2009), Verheyen Graphics, Bankruptcy in Belgium, factsheet number 69500, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69500.