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 component manufacturer Aspocomp, operating in the electronics industry, has completed the cooperating procedure which was initiated in November 2006. The negotiations concerned 430 employees in the R&D unit and in the factories located in Salo and Padasjoki. Aspocomp has decided to close down the production in Padasjoki in 2007. As a result, about 113 employees are to be dismissed including some workers of Salo factory as well. The Salo factory will concentrate on manufacturing of new technologically demanding products. Aspocomp has transferred a part of the production in Asia in order to be able to serve the customers in the fastest growing market in a cost effective way. In 2005, the total number of staff was 3,393 and the company reported a turnover of 154 million Euro.
Eurofound (2006), Aspocomp, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Finland, factsheet number 64672, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64672.