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 airline Luthansa has announced a plan for the creation of 8,000 jobs at various locations in Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg (Lufthansa-2023-DE), Zurich, Vienna and Brussels. The airline is mainly looking for skilled workers such as technicians, IT specialists, pilots and lawyers at the locations as well as at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg and at the locations of the Eurowings Group.
Since the beginning of 2023, 6,000 jobs have already been created by the wider Lufthansa Group. According to the annual report, around 112,400 people were employed by one of the Lufthansa companies at the end of March.
Eurofound (2023), Lufthansa, Business expansion in World, factsheet number 109190, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/109190.