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.
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Putzmeister Group, a producer of concrete pumps, has announced that it is to cut 950 jobs worldwide in response to a decrease in orders. In 2007, the company had a global workforce of 3,600 (3,871 in 2007). German sites will be affected by a loss of 580 jobs. As of June 2009, there is no information either on countries affected or timeline. In Germany, management and works council are currently negotiating a social plan.
Eurofound (2009), Putzmeister, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 69112, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69112.