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.
In mid-January 2024, German railway company Deutsche Bahn announced to have opened its new maintenance and repair facility in Cottbus. Some 450 jobs were created with the opening of the new facility. The number of jobs will grow up 1,200 until the end of 2026.
Trains will be dismantled in the newly built facility, in order to replace their traction motors or bogies. The new maintenance hall is fit to accommodate the latest ICE trains. In addition, different maintenance steps can be carried out on the trains simultaneously. Deutsche Bahn is the biggest railway company in Germany - currently employing over 210,000 employees in Germany.
Eurofound (2024), Deutsche Bahn, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 200806, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200806.