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 8 June 2010 Unilever announced it will relocate the production of soup from its Oss plant to Poland. This will result in the loss of 95 jobs, starting in the first half of 2011. Management are to enter into negotiations with the unions with the aim to avoid forced dismissals.
Eurofound (2010), Unox, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Netherlands, factsheet number 70624, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70624.