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 meat processing company, Pozmeat, fell into liquidation in September 2004 after years of quarrelling between individual and corporate shareholders, which have traded accusations of over-investing, excessive debt, and
obstruction of plans to improve the situation. The company went bankrupt in February 2005 and all workers were fired. Now Pozmeat’s premises are to be sold to a Dutch investor, who wants to reactivate production. Pozmeat is to employ circa 1,000 people, mainly women.
Eurofound (2006), Pozmeat, Merger/Acquisition in Poland, factsheet number 62956, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62956.