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.
Epcos, the German manufacturer of electronic components once owned by Siemens, plans to cut 400 jobs in Germany in the two next years said chairman Gerhard Pegam. There were 2,200 employees in Germany in September 2004. This is part of the worlwide cost cutting program of the enterprise.
Eurofound (2004), Epcos, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 60806, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60806.