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.
80 of 600 employees at a papermill in Bråviken in Norrköping, Sweden, have been issued with redundancy notices. The papermill in Bråviken is owned by the company Holm Paper which is a subsidiary of the larger group Holmen. 55 blue-collar workers and 25 white-collar workers will be affected by the internal restructuring process.
Holmen Paper has restructured on several occasions in recent years. Please see the following related fact sheets for more information: 15742, 14428, 11447, 14389, 11014.
Negotiations with the unions about the suggested redundancies are about to start.
Eurofound (2011), Holmen Paper, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 72735, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72735.