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.
Backgården Bygg, a local Swedish construction company in Lidköping, has announced to let go of 41 of the company’s 268 employees. The reason for the reduction is the weakening market and a financial dispute over a significant invoice.
As of November 2012, there is no information about when the reductions will begin or when they will be implemented by.
Eurofound (2012), Backgårdens Bygg Bo Johansson, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 74484, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74484.