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.
Some 30 employees at Götenehus Group, a wooden house manufacturer, have been issued with redundancy notices. The internal restructuring will affect both white-collar and blue-collar workers. The company will reduce their workforce due to declining demand for housing.
Eurofound (2011), Götenehus Group, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 72484, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72484.