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 2 March 2010, Schlecker announced the closure of all 110 drugstores in the Netherlands by the end of 2010, resulting in the loss of 600 jobs. Fierce competition among drugstore chains was blamed for the closure. Those facing dismissal have been promised a 'solid' redundancy payment.
Eurofound (2010), Schlecker, Closure in Netherlands, factsheet number 70433, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70433.