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.
Sonica, the owner of various CD and entertainment stores in Belgium (68 in total) has declared bankruptcy with 390-421 job losses. The company has not been profitable for two years. Trade unions continue to hope that a competitor will buy out fifty of the stores.
Eurofound (2009), Sonica, Bankruptcy in Belgium, factsheet number 69907, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69907.