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.
The Swedish airline company Skyways Express and its subsidiary company City Airlines have filed for bankruptcy and over 300 employees will be affected. High fuel costs, low ticket prices and increased competition have been reported as reasons for the bankruptcy. Despite the company's effort to maintain the business, its operations were ceased and all flights cancelled with immediate effect, leaving around 12,000 passengers on the ground.
Skyways is a regional airline that flied to over 20 destinations in Sweden and Europe.
Eurofound (2012), Skyways, Bankruptcy in Sweden, factsheet number 73601, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73601.