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.
The Polish producer of wooden windows and doors Stolbud Włoszczowa has announced that it will close down its two production facilities in Włoszczowa and Pszczyna. As a result, about 500 job vacancies will be cut. The company has copied with financial difficulties for a few years. In 2018, the company cut significantly the production in the factories.
Stolbud was founded in 1965. Currently, the company is part of the Koronea Group. The group has 8 production sites, employs about 3,000 people, and its products are sold in 37 countries worldwide.
Eurofound (2019), Stolbud, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 98170, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98170.