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.
Efore, Estonia's Pärnu-based manufacturer of electronic components has decided to offshore its production from Estonia to China making 120 redundant. The relocated is scheduled to be completed by the 31st of October 2012.
It is reported that the offshoring is a cost-effectiveness measure.
Eurofound (2012), Efore, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Estonia, factsheet number 73158, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73158.