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 French arm of German mobile home and caravan producer Hymer went into liquidation on 31 March, resulting in the immediate closure of a plant in Alsace and the loss of 190 jobs. A drop in orders led the German parent company to start liquidation proceedings in November 2009. Unions are reportedly in discussions with other businesses to launch new operations at the redundant plant.
Eurofound (2010), Hymer France, Closure in France, factsheet number 70374, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70374.