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.
Galway-based APW engineering company has gone into receivership, and, as a result, 135 jobs are to be lost. A statement from the company attributed difficult competitive conditions as the reason for receivership. APW makes a wide range of electronic products.
Eurofound (2008), APW, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 67368, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67368.