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.
The Danish part of the multinational toys chain Build-a-Bear Workshop went bankrupt and thus 150 employees will lose their jobs. It was announced that since the employees were not paid for February 2013, the missing wage will be provided via the Employees' Guarantee Fund.
Eurofound (2013), Build-a-Bear Workshop, Bankruptcy in Denmark, factsheet number 75233, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75233.