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 web portal operator Unister is to shut down its subsidiary call centre services provider Portalservice in Leipzig. 120 jobs will be lost. The closure will take place by the end of June and as reported is due to the fierce competition.
Unister employs 1,800 people in total.
Eurofound (2014), Portalservice, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 77183, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77183.