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.
Sporting goods chain Ultimo Outdoor is closing all of its 22 stores across Norway. All 115 employees will be dismissed. The store chain has been running a deficit for several years, as the competition on the sports goods market has hardened. The owners have for some years kept the company running by inducing new capital, but have now decided against further investments.
Eurofound (2014), Ultimo Outdoor, Closure in Norway, factsheet number 77058, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77058.