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.
On 9 February 2010 Philips announced that it will close its Biometrix plant in Eindhoven on 1 September 2010. The production of sensory plates for X-Ray machines will be relocated to a new plant in Colorado (US), set up by Philips, Thales and Siemens. The closure will result in the loss of 152 jobs.
Eurofound (2010), Biometrix, Relocation in Netherlands, factsheet number 70432, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70432.