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.
Food processing company Olhausen has announced 160 job losses at three plants in Ireland.
Olhausen company is a producer of sausages and has been operating in Ireland for over 100 years. Ulster Bank has appointed a receiver to the company after workers were informed that the company is no longer a going concern and has stopped production at all three factories. They will be paid their outstanding salaries as well as statutory redundancy.
Eurofound (2012), Olhausen, Bankruptcy in Ireland, factsheet number 74322, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74322.