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.
Plastic solutions manufacturing company Euroform announced its plans to dismiss 45 employees in the two production plants in Tranås, Småland. The company plans to finalise the restructuring event by 1 February 2020. The decision reportedly aims at increasing profitability. According to management, the company employs too many people in relation to production rates, which is expected to further decrease as a result of the trucking industry's decreased demand for plastic products.
Eurofound (2019), Euroform, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 98894, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98894.