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.
Primorje is the only among the largest construction companies in Slovenia which is still alive. The company is located in Ajdovščina in the Goriška region and employs 1076 employees. The entire Slovenian construction sector is in a heavy crises faced with the payment arrears and the lack of new orders. As the consequence, the company entered the process of severe internal restructuring in which 200 employees will lose jobs by the end of the year.
Update: As reported by Finance on 04-11-2011, the final number of workers who will lose their jobs by the end of the year is 178.
Eurofound (2011), Primorje, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 72464, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72464.