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.
Best, an Italian manufacturer of kitchen range hoods, is to cut 125 jobs out of 309 in its Italian plant located at Cerreto d’Esi, in the province of Ancona.
The trade unions have reacted to the company’s decision by requesting meetings with the management in order to find alternative solutions to the lay-offs.
Eurofound (2013), Best, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 74788, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74788.