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.
Hospitality and leisure group Orizon, which operates the luxury resort of Campo Real in Torres Vedras, was declared insolvent by the local court which should now appoint a judicial administrator. This decision will result in 150 job cuts.
The main creditors of the company are reportedly the banks Caixa Geral de Depositos, Banco Espirito Santo and Millennium BCP together with Turismo de Portugal.
The resort attracted an investment of EUR 170mn comprising of a 151 room hotel, SPA, golf course and 371 houses. The second phase of the development entailed an investment of EUR 100mn and included the construction of another 343 villas.
Eurofound (2011), Orizon, Bankruptcy in Portugal, factsheet number 72486, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72486.