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.
The Ernst-Ludwig-Klinik in Hesse, a rehabilitation centre, will close at the end of 2007. 141 jobs will thus be lost. The centre has recently been making losses to the tune of €1 million per year. The head of the clinic's administration said that the reforms of the health system had lead to fewer patients at the clinic. Direct dismissals shall be avoided.
Eurofound (2005), Ernst-Ludwig-Klinik, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 62705, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62705.