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.
Lyondell Basell, a global manufacturer of chemicals and polymers, is to close its plant located at Terni, with the loss of 125 jobs. The sectoral trade unions have required the involvement of national and local authorities in order to avoid the closure of the industrial site. The company has more than 15,000 employees worldwide.
Eurofound (2010), Lyondell Basell, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 70319, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70319.