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 Novemeber 2nd 2010 the Spanish Construction firm, Ploder Uicesa, announced that it will be laying off 188 workers (74% of workforce) and filing for bankruptcy. The workers will be officially laid off by the end of the year and are entitled to 36 days of compensation per year worked with a cap at 16 payments. The company is 315 million euros in debt.
Eurofound (2010), Ploder Uicesa, Bankruptcy in Spain, factsheet number 71611, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71611.