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.
SGP Zasavje is a construction company from Trbovlje in Zasavska region employing 134 employees. The entire Slovenian construction sector is in crisis caused by payment arrears and the lack of new orders. As a consequence, the company entered the bankruptcy procedure. All employees will lose their jobs. In recent months, employees had gone on strike to protest at non-payment of wages.
Eurofound (2010), SGP Zasavje, Bankruptcy in Slovenia, factsheet number 71349, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71349.