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.
On 24 January 2013, footwear retail group Schoenenreus went bankrupt and immediately announced its restructuring plan. This will result in the closure of 65 of the existing 206 shops and the loss of 500 jobs, out of a total of 1500.
It is reported that background to the bankruptcy is the increasing competition from internet retailers.
Eurofound (2013), Schoenenreus, Bankruptcy in Netherlands, factsheet number 74871, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74871.