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.
Spanish company Hibramer, whch is part of the group Nueva Rumasa, has presented a redundancy plan affecting all its workers. The company has been undergoing voluntary bankruptcy proceedings since 25 March 2011. The bankruptcy is blamed on the crisis which has hit hard the whole Nueva Rumasa group.
Eurofound (2011), Hibramer, Bankruptcy in Spain, factsheet number 71990, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71990.