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.
On 25 October 2012, Bader, a German manufacturer of leather products for the automotive industry announced plans to cut 300 jobs at the unit in Bolesławiec by the end of March 2013.
The cuts will mainly affect the seamstresses and they are attributed to the general slowdown of the automotive industry.
In Poland, Bader has been operating since 1992. The company employs over 1,500 people in Bolesławiec and around 6,800 globally.
Eurofound (2012), Bader, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 74382, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74382.