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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Kuka, producer of industrial robots belonging to IWKA, will shed 15 % of its workforce after sales have fallen significantly. Three locations in South Germany (Baden-Würtemberg and Bavaria) will be given up entirely. The affected employees will be taken over by a job creation company.
Eurofound (2005), Kuka, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 62692, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62692.