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.
Beltrame, a steel producer, is to close its plant located in San Didero, in the province of Turin, with the consequent loss of 310 jobs. The trade unions have asked for an extension of the Wage Guarantee Fund scheme that is scheduled to conclude on 30 April 2014.
Eurofound (2014), Beltrame, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 76577, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76577.