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.
Podjetje za urejanje hudournikov (PUH) has announced to cut all its 115 jobs due to bankruptcy. The company, located in Ljubljana is an enterprise specialized in construction and research of projects for protection from land erosion, protection from land and snow avalanches, regulation of torrents and related activities.
It is reported that the company is having severe financial problems due to problematic business decisions, such as investments in equity shares of other companies and investment in land, which lead to the bankruptcy.
Eurofound (2012), Podjetje za urejanje hudournikov (PUH), Bankruptcy in Slovenia, factsheet number 73380, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73380.