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.
On the 9th of February 2012, the retail chain BHV has announced the closure of its site of Montléry (Essonne) with 110 dismissals and Saint-Genis-Laval (Rhône) with 60 job cuts.
The closures reflect at trend for BHV: The number of retail outlets has decreased from 18 to 6 within the last 8 years.
Eurofound (2012), BHV, Closure in France, factsheet number 73277, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73277.