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.
Spar, a supermarket chain, will cut more than half of its workforce after the takeover by Edeka. A spokesperson for Edeka said that the cuts were needed to become profitable in the German retail market that is characterised by stiff competition and very low margins. Several locations, among them logistics hubs, will be given up and closed.
Eurofound (2005), Spar, Merger/Acquisition in Germany, factsheet number 62222, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62222.