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.
As announced on 30 May 2012, German shoe retail chain Leiser will cut about 400 jobs in Germany. The company had filed for insolvency in March, due to financial problems.
The company has now announced to close a quarter of its 130 shoe outlets across Germany. Leiser employs 1,400 people in its stores across the country.
Eurofound (2012), Leiser, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 73658, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73658.