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.
German polypropylene film producer Treofan will cut 90 jobs by the end of 2013 in Neunkirchen, Saarland. This is due to a conversion of the plant. Treofan currently employs 550 people in Neunkirchen. The job cuts mainly affect administrative and maintenance functions.
Eurofound (2013), Treofan, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 75172, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75172.