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.
Schaeffler is a German manufacturer of automotive components. In the next two years, the company will close down two manufacturing facilities in Uk, and will relocalise the production in Germany, USA China and South Korea. The main reasons are the uncertainty connected with the Brexit and the vicinity with the costumers since the 85% of the UKÂ production is exported to the continental Europe. These relocations are part of a bigger reorganization plan in which also the logistics centres in Hereford and Sutton Coldfield will be merged.
Eurofound (2018), Schaeffler, Reshoring in Germany, factsheet number 5, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/5.