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.
Furniture manufacturer Muebles Salcedo has applied for a redundancy procedure affecting its entire workforce of 132. The negotiation process with the employee representatives has concluded without an agreement. The authorization of the labour authority is now pending.
Eurofound (2011), Muebles Salcedo, Closure in Spain, factsheet number 72615, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72615.