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 commercial court of Rouen has approved the takeover of painting company Maës by three small companies from the Normandy region. The takeover will lead to 183 job cuts. The new owner will keep 41 employees working in the asbestos removal activity that they share between them.
The company has accumulated losses since 2012 and faces sharp competition and a huge decline of demand linked to the crisis in the construction sector.
Eurofound (2015), Maës, Bankruptcy in France, factsheet number 83471, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/83471.