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.
Siemens Kolejová vozidla, the leading manufacturer of rail vehicles, has confirmed the closure of the Prague site resulting in 1,000 job cuts after parent company Siemens failed to find a buyer or potential investor. The company started the restructuring in 2008 and did not find a potential investor (see fact sheet No 11517). Redundant workers will be given severance pay amounting to 16 average wages. For more information, see the EIRO report.
Eurofound (2009), Siemens Kolejová vozidla, Closure in Czechia, factsheet number 69277, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69277.