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 multinational enterprise Lear has announced its intention of closing down the plant in La Rioja, which will result in 305 job loses. The company representatives stated that the restructuring has been decided as a result of significant decline in turnover. Negotiations with the unions and the labour authority are currently in progress.
Eurofound (2011), Lear, Closure in Spain, factsheet number 72340, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72340.