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 4 February Van der Ven Fashion was declared bankrupt, resulting in the dismissal of all 170 employees. The chain ran 28 shops in the southern and western parts of the Netherlands. It is not yet clear if some of the chain's activities can be revived. If it is possible, this could result in a lower number of dismissals.
Eurofound (2014), Van der Ven Fashion, Bankruptcy in Netherlands, factsheet number 76563, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76563.