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.
Swiss investment fund Springwater Capital has acquired Electrodomésticos Miró, an electrical household appliances retailer. The acquisition will suppose the dismissal of 90 employees (16% of its entire workforce).
Electrodomésticos Miró was declared in bankruptcy in March 2014. Springwater Capital will pay € 3 million for the company’s assets. The acquisition will allow to save 67 outlets and 476 jobs.
Eurofound (2014), Electrodomésticos Miró, Bankruptcy in Spain, factsheet number 77580, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77580.