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.
Producer of pharmaceutical base products DPx announced it will close its premises in Venlo, resulting in the loss of all 150 jobs. Background is the increasing competition from producers in low cost countries. The closure will take place before the end of 2014.
Eurofound (2014), DPx, Closure in Netherlands, factsheet number 77414, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77414.