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.
Eurocave Fourmies is a French manufacturer of wine cellar. In 2020, relocated its logistical activities to the new site in L'Espérance, Fourmies, consolidating operations previously located in Trélon and Valenciennes. Also, the company has also expressed its intent to relocate a portion of its production outsourced in Asia, in the framework of the French government's recovery plan. It has set November 17, 2020, as the deadline for finalizing the relocation that may result in the hiring of operators, executives, and engineers, particularly in research and innovation.
Eurofound (2020), Eurocave, Reshoring in France, factsheet number 264, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/264.