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.
In order to save €8 million per year, the city of Wolfsburg has started to bring down the number of employees at the city council. There shall be no direct dismissals but leaving employees will not be replaced.
Eurofound (2005), Wolfsburg City Council, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 61632, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61632.