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.
Alfatex Móda, a Czech knitwear producer, is to close its plant in Pelhřimov with the loss of 178 jobs by the end of September 2008. The closure is attributed to the strong Czech currency and the decline of the textile industry in the Czech Republic. About 3,000 jobs have been cut in the textile sector since July 2007. Employment rate in this sector fell by 6.6 percent during a one year period.
Eurofound (2008), Alfatex Móda, Closure in Czechia, factsheet number 66954, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66954.