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.
Saint-Brice, a subcontractor of 3 Suisse company, announced the dismissal of the 127 employees working at the Tournai site. The announcement, which was revealed after an extraordinary meeting of the management board, was unexpected news for the workers and the trade union. The company said that 33 workers might be hired at another location.
Eurofound (2014), Saint Brice, Closure in Belgium, factsheet number 88024, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88024.