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.
On 14 October 2010 Vegrad Group, one of the largest Slovenian construction companies, announced bankruptcy and all 574 employees lost their jobs. Due to economic recession and standstill on the housing market, Vegrad d.d. - holding company of the group, located in Velenje in the Savinjska region - has no longer been able to serve its liabilities.
Eurofound (2010), Vegrad, d.d., Bankruptcy in Slovenia, factsheet number 71049, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71049.