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.
Neckermann Versand,the Austrian subdsidiary of the German Neckermann Group, is to cut 40 jobs in Graz, where currently 360 staff members are employed. A company spokesperson stated that in cooperation with the works council, 'socially acceptable solutions' for the laid off staff are to be found. The firm has in the recent years focused increasingly on doing online business rather than conventional mail orders.
Eurofound (2011), Neckermann Versand, Other in Austria, factsheet number 72346, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72346.