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.
Huis Clos, a French manufacturer of PVC joinery and heating systems, has announced its intention to cut about 150 positions in 2013 in the framework of a cost-saving plan.
The company reported losses of 2,7 million euro in the first semester of 2012 and aims to save 5 million euro through restructuring. It recruited 400 employees on permanent contracts in 2011 (see here).
Eurofound (2012), Huis Clos, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 74677, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74677.