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.
One of the world's leading tobacco companies, Bat, has announced its plan to close its plant in Lecce, which employs 310 workers. The closure of the Lecce plant is part of a restructuring plan that the company has announced for its European plants. In order to minimize the local impact of the closure, the company is actively seeking other firms that may be interested in investing in Lecce. The company has started negotiations with local authorities and trade unions.
Eurofound (2010), Bat, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 70973, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70973.