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.
Comet, one of the largest manufacturers of grinding tools in Europe, cut 102 jobs in the town of Zreče in the Savinska region. Due to reduced orders, Comet reduced the number of employees from 691 in the beginning of 2009 to current 589 employees.
Eurofound (2010), Comet, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 70247, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70247.