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.
The shipyard La Naval, located in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (Sestao), has announced the intention to apply for a redundancy procedure affecting 150 employees (41% of the workforce). According to the union CCOO, this announcement was unexpected considering the recent increase in business activities. The company has recently received new orders, which will guaranty the continuation of production activities until March 2013.
Eurofound (2011), La Naval, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 71989, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71989.