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 clothing shop network Esprit is about to close 17 shops in France and to cut about 222 positions by 2014. The company will cut 65 positions at its headquarters in Paris, 115 in its shops and another 42 positions in mail and multi-brands shops.
Esprit has already closed dozens of stores across Europe and North America in order to focus on Asia and, in particular, China.
Eurofound (2014), Esprit, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 76606, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76606.