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.
Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MMP), a manufacturer of cereal boxes, has closed its Liverpool plant resulting in the loss of over 100 jobs. The closure was blamed on the company's declining international competitiveness. However, Unite the union blamed the company for lack of fairness and openess in the negotiations.
Eurofound (2012), Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MMP), Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73392, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73392.