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.
AVX electronics, an American-owned firm, is to shut down its Paignton plant in Devon transfering operations to Chech Republic. The closure will affect 130 posts. As of 6 April 2009 there is no information on when the job losses will occur.
Eurofound (2009), AVX, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68663, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68663.