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.
On 4 December 2008, the wool producer Bremer Wollkaemmerei announced to close down its production facility in Bremen by the end of January 2009. Approximately 200 employees are affected by this move. The management furthermore stated that it is to negotiate a social plan for the affected employees with the German Metalworkers’ Union.
Eurofound (2008), Bremer Wollkaemmerei, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 67559, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67559.