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.
Hofa, international logistics company based in Vilnius, intends to dismiss 210 employees by 19 September 2014. According to the management, the main cause of dismissals is the Russian embargo against food imports from the EU. The main activity of Hofa is transportation of fresh fruit and vegetables from the EU to Russia. Currently the company employs 274 people. The company has already dismissed 63 employees in August.
Eurofound (2014), Hofa, Internal restructuring in Lithuania, factsheet number 77511, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77511.