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.
Bayernoil, a refinery in Bavaria, has announced restructuring plans. It will reduce the number of factories from 3 to 2, while increasing the capacity of the remaining factories. 130 jobs will be cut until 2010, direct dismissals will be avoided.
Eurofound (2005), Bayernoil, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 62464, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62464.