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.
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The Polish producer of wooden windows and doors Stolbud Włoszczowa has announced that it will close down its two production facilities in Włoszczowa and Pszczyna. As a result, about 500 job vacancies will be cut. The company has copied with financial difficulties for a few years. In 2018, the company cut significantly the production in the factories.
Stolbud was founded in 1965. Currently, the company is part of the Koronea Group. The group has 8 production sites, employs about 3,000 people, and its products are sold in 37 countries worldwide.
Eurofound (2019), Stolbud, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 98170, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98170.