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.
British supermarket chain Tesco has decided to close down two supermarkets in the Czech Republic and to dismiss 102 workers due to economic reasons. This is part of a global restructuring plan of the company, especially in the UK and Hungary.
Trade unions have given notice of strike alert and raised the demand for additional redundancy pay as well as a social programme for redundant workers.
Eurofound (2015), Tesco CZ, Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 78459, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78459.