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.
Lithuanian postal and courier company Vilpostus was declared bankrupt; the measure will result in the loss of 246 jobs by the end of of October 2013.
According to the company, the main reasons for the closure are the market competition combined with high costs and the increase of the minimum wage in Lithuania.
Eurofound (2013), Vilpostus, Bankruptcy in Lithuania, factsheet number 76002, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76002.