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.
In October 2012, the Court of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto declared the liquidation of Aicon Yachts, a manufacturer of luxury boats, with the consequent loss of 332 jobs.
The collective dismissals procedure will start at the end of Wage Guarantee Fund scheme, which was initiated last year for all 332 workers.
Eurofound (2012), Aicon Yachts, Bankruptcy in Italy, factsheet number 74487, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74487.