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.
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The textile company Sampaio & Ferreira announced its closure in Riba de Ave. The measure will affect 200 workers. The company justified the measure by severe economic difficulties and a lack of work related to the strong competition in the market. Sampaio & Ferreira is installed in Portugal since 1896.
Eurofound (2005), Sampaio & Ferreira, Closure in Portugal, factsheet number 61826, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61826.