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.
Lear Corporation, a global leading supplier of automotive seating systems in Palmela, announced the dismissal of 200 workers. The trade union commented that nothing predicted this outcome since the management announced last summer that the problems "were overcome with the launch of three new projects."
Eurofound (2009), Lear Corporation, Internal restructuring in Portugal, factsheet number 70023, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70023.