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.
Multinational steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal announced its intention to close its coking plant in Ougrée (Seraing). 240 jobs will be lost. As reported the American industrial group Oxbow Mining has stopped the negotiations on a planned take-over. According to the sources the prevailing environmental standards is the main reason for the closure.
Eurofound (2014), ArcelorMittal, Closure in Belgium, factsheet number 77155, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77155.