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.
Finnish hardware and building supply chain Starkki and Puukeskus merged in July 2014 and have commenced employer-employee negotiations in order to cut staff with 100 employees. The reduction of staff is due to both overcapacity after the the merger and a decline in market demand.
Eurofound (2014), Starkki and Puukeskus, Merger/Acquisition in Finland, factsheet number 77446, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77446.