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.
The German-owned polymer business Rehau will close its production plant for micro cable conduits in Neulengbach, Lower Austria, causing a loss of 113 jobs. By the end of 2021, the production plant will be offshored to Eastern Europe. The restructuring will be implemented gradually. The local labour agency is informed and there will be a redundancy programme.
Rehau is a family-owned business from Germany, employing around 20,000 people at 170 locations around the world.
Eurofound (2020), Rehau, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Austria, factsheet number 99692, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99692.