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.
Multinational glass products manufacturer Vitro Cristalglass has applied for a redundancy procedure affecting 429 employees at two plants located in Ponferrada (Castilla y León). The timeline for the restructuring has yet to be announced. The unions argue that the company should seek alternative measures.
Eurofound (2012), Vitro Cristalglass, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 73676, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73676.