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.
Essef Décors Muraux, manufacturer of wallpaper, will shed 71 of its 224 employees on its site of Balagny-sur-Thérain (Oise). The company is suffering from the general drop of consumption of wallpapers, due to the growing success of new paints. The companys turnover passed from 43 million in 1995 to 21 million in 2003.
Eurofound (2004), Essef Décors Muraux, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 60622, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60622.