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.
Gorenje Tiki, a Slovenian boiler manufacturer based in Ljubljana, is to relocate its production activities to Stara Pazova in Serbia. All 270 employees will lose their job. The reason for the relocation is lower labour costs in Serbia. Recent increase of minimal wage in Slovenia speeded up the decision to relocate its production activities.
Eurofound (2010), Gorenje Tiki, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Slovenia, factsheet number 70644, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70644.