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.
Olimpias, an Italian textile company, is to close its plant located at Grumolo delle Abbadesse (in the province of Vicenza), with the consequent loss of 127 jobs. According to the company, the closure is mainly due to the loss of its main customer, i.e. Benetton, which decided to address its orders to other textile companies. Olimpias group provides customers with a broad range of textile products and services. It refines several textile raw materials and semi-worked fabrics.
Eurofound (2010), Olimpias, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 70533, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70533.