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.
Sennheiser is a German manufacturer of headphones, headsets and microphones. The company decided to relocate part of its production from China to Romania. Consequently, it decided to invested around 10 million euros in a new factory in Ghimbav (East-central Romania) where 100 people will be employed. The relocation - which should be implemented by the summer 2018 - has been decided to reduce delivery time and the total cost of ownership.
Eurofound (2018), Sennheiser, Reshoring in Romania, factsheet number 65, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65.