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 Saab Automobiles major subcontractors, Plastal Sverige, is to cut 50 jobs in the upcoming year. The cuts are blamed on reduced orders from Saab. The factory in Simrishamn has been out of work for five weeks. Plastal produces plastic components for cars and Saab is their largest client.
Eurofound (2011), Plastal Sverige, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 71988, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71988.