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.
South Korean electronics manufaturer LG Electronics Nordic issued redundancy notices to 45 out of 160 employees in Sweden. The company intends to reduce its workforce within the nordic countries by 60 workers in total. LG Electronics Nordic is a subsidarity of the larger group LG Electronics European Holding.
Eurofound (2011), LG Electronics Nordic, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 72564, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72564.