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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e2v technologies, a manufacturer of electronic components, announced to dismiss 160 workers with the closure of its Lincoln factory. The cuts are blamed on unsuccessful attempts to find a buyer for the business. The factory will be shut within 12 months while a consultation period will commence in the second week of November 2009.
Eurofound (2009), e2v technologies, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69882, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69882.