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.
Elektrociepłownia Tychy, a heat generation plant, is indebted to the level of PLN 140 million; its directors have applied to the courts for commencement of liquidation proceedings. The 240 persons now employed at Elektrociepłownia Tychy may lose their jobs. The entity's rising debts were caused by costly investments which failed to generate the hoped-for yields.
Eurofound (2006), Elektrociepłownia Tychy, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 63945, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63945.