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.
Ship producer Slovenske Lodenice Komarno announced the collective dismissal of 150 out of 670 workers by the end of September 2011. The redundancies are attributed to the company's poor finances. The company is a major employer in the region which has 16.66% unemployment rate.
Eurofound (2011), Slovenské Lodenice Komárno, Internal restructuring in Slovakia, factsheet number 71977, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71977.