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 3 July 2013 electronics retail chain De Harense Smid made a restart, after having been declared bankrupt only one day earlier. The new owners (Mikro-Electro) will reopen 20 of the 33 shops, safeguarding 300 of the 450 jobs. For information about a previous restructuring see here.
Eurofound (2013), De Harense Smid, Bankruptcy in Netherlands, factsheet number 75663, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75663.