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.
Philips has announced the closure of its plasma screen production site in Dreux where 212 workers are employed. After a first announcement had been made in October 2009, this was confirmed on 13 February 2010. The announcement was followed by strikes and lockouts.
According to a trade union representative, employees have been offered 12 month fixed-term contracts in a Philips site in Hungary.
Eurofound (2010), Philips, Closure in France, factsheet number 70194, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70194.