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.
The marine machinery equipment producer Rolls-Royce Marine has given notice to 127 of its 342 employees at its production site in Kristinehamn, Sweden. The company has indicated that it needs to improve efficiency and decrease costs to ensure future competitiveness on the global market. Parts of the affected production in Kristinehamn will be moved to Rauma in Finland.
Eurofound (2014), Rolls-Royce Marine, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Sweden, factsheet number 77919, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77919.