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 8 April 2009, the Austrian based manufacturer of refractories, RHI, announced to cut around 100 out of 1,100 jobs in Germany due to a a steep slump in demand. Job cuts are part of a global restructuring programme by which RHI seeks to save 80 million euros annually. The cuts are to affect production as well as administration departments.
Eurofound (2009), RHI, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 68692, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68692.