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.
On 25 June, the commercial court of Point-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) has decided the liquidation of the hotel Manganao. The decision will result in the dismissal of 103 permanent employees and about 50 seasonal workers. The employees' representatives said that the decision was unexpected and they were very surprised. Two days before the announcement, at the last Works Councils, the management had only said that the hotel was facing financial difficulties. According to the management, the hotel failed to win a contract with a tour operator that could provide enough customers for the hotel.
Eurofound (2015), Hôtel Manganao, Bankruptcy in France, factsheet number 84306, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84306.