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.
Brabant Alucast, a metalproducing company, is closing and has resulted in the loss of jobs of all its 109 employees. Alucast first declared bankruptcy on 24 July 2018 but maintained hope that a buyer would relaunch and retain the employees. However, on 27 August, the company announced that negotiations on a potential relaunch were unsuccesful and the 109 employees were officially let go.
Eurofound (2018), Brabant Alucast, Bankruptcy in Netherlands, factsheet number 95570, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95570.