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 company O'cool, specialized in frozen food wholesale, announced its intention to close its 51 shops (31 in Flanders and 20 in Wallonia) and thus the layoff of its 198 workers. The management officially declared its bankruptcy to the Court which appoints a trustee in order to find a company interested in buying the shops back. Unions have declared their intention to help workers.
Eurofound (2013), O'cool, Bankruptcy in Belgium, factsheet number 75841, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75841.