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.
Lithuania's state-controlled shipping company Lietuvos Juru Laivininkyste will dismiss 182 employees in Klaipeda by 22 January 2016. The main cause of the dismissals is the bankruptcy of the company that was announced by the Department of Enterprise Bankruptcy Management under the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania on 29 December 2015. The company is currently undergoing bankruptcy procedures and has already handed out layoff notices to all 182 employees. According to the management, a part of the laid off employees will be offered to return to work to ensure that the ships are secure and properly maintained. The decision on how many people will be rehired will be taken by the bankruptcy administrator.
Eurofound (2016), Lietuvos Juru Laivininkyste, Bankruptcy in Lithuania, factsheet number 86130, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86130.