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 Italian company Perfetti Van Melle Romania, manufacturer of candies and jelly, announced the dismissal of 168 employees as a result of the closure of Cluj factory. The decision is attributed to changes in the economic environment in the last year and the unfavourable short term perspective.In the last year the company reported a turnover of 14 million euro.
Eurofound (2009), Perfetti Van Melle Romania, Closure in Romania, factsheet number 69931, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69931.