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.
Manufacturer of mining and tunnelling equipment Normet is to cut 50 jobs at its factory in Iisalmi.
According to media reports, the restructuring is due to low demand for its products. As reported, in 2013 Normet had temporarily laid off 260 workers.
Apart from Finland, Normet has also production facilities in Chile and Sweden.
Eurofound (2013), Normet, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 76328, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76328.