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.
Elitex slévárna, a Czech foundry located in Týniště nad Orlicí, is to close and all 113 workers will be dismissed by the end of 2012. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2009.
The site lies on the border of Rychnov and Hradec district, where the unemployment rate in August 2012 was 5.9% and 7% respectively. However, it is reported that the workers might face difficulties getting a new job in the foundry industry.
Eurofound (2012), Elitex slévárna, Bankruptcy in Czechia, factsheet number 74240, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74240.