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 3G Mobile chain went into voluntary liquidation in January 2010 following the failure of talks with telecommunications company Eircom about an investment in the group. 3G Mobile faced mounting debts. 3G Mobile had 27 shops around Ireland. The group employed 160 people, all of whom have lost their jobs in the liquidation. Staff had been placed on temporary lay-off while the company considered its options.
Eurofound (2010), 3G Mobile, Closure in Ireland, factsheet number 70423, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70423.