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 German manufacturer of cables for vehicles, Jurgenhake, announced its intention to dismiss all 141 employees in May-June 2009, as a result of the bankruptcy of the factory located in Timisoara.The reasons are related to the decrease of orders from the auto industry.
Eurofound (2009), Jurgenhake Timişoara, Closure in Romania, factsheet number 69005, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69005.