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.
Savencia Fromage & Dairy Czech Republic, a subsidiary of a French food company specialising in the production of cheeses, has announced the relocation of 300 workers to another plant. The relocation of cheese production from the Sedlčany plant to its Přibyslav (Hesov) site is justified by the need to increase efficiency. The production will be gradually reduced from February 2018; the closure of the plant is scheduled for May 2019.
Redudant workers will be given a chance to work at the Přibyslav site or at another company's factory. Redundant workers will get above-standard severance pay.
Eurofound (2018), Savencia Fromage & Dairy Czech Republic, Relocation in Czechia, factsheet number 96222, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96222.