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.
Incanto, one of the main Italian upholstered sofas manufactures, is to cut 135 jobs (out of 270) at its plant located in Matera. The company has taken this decision in order to reduce its operative costs to cope with increasing global competitors. The trade unions are worried about both the negative social effects that will affect redundant workers and the economic crisis that concerns the entire sector.
Eurofound (2008), Incanto, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 66776, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66776.