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.
Pivovarna Laško is a beer brewery based in Laško in Savinjska region. The company was recently taken over by the Dutch Heineken. The management presented a plan for optimisation, increase efficiency and cost reduction up to 2019. According to the restructuring plan, 200 employees will lose their jobs in 2016. Pivovarna Laško currently employs a total of 700 employees in the two breweries in Laško and Ljubljana.
Eurofound (2016), Pivovarna Laško, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 86464, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86464.