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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Orlen Lietuva, the Baltic oil refinery controlled by Poland's oil concern PKN Orlen, aims to eliminate its maintenance shop and dismiss 166 employees in Mazeikiai until 1 February, 2010. According to the management the dismissals were part of ongoing restructuring of the company aimed at disposal of non-core activities. At present 2,460 employees are employed in Orlen Lietuva.
Eurofound (2009), Orlen Lietuva, Internal restructuring in Lithuania, factsheet number 69815, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69815.