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.
SGL Carbon AG (SGG) said it will lay off nearly 150 administrative jobs in an effort to save €11 million annually as of 2006. SGL Carbon has launched a worldwide cost-cutting program for administrative functions with focus on IT operations, accounting, and personnel administration. The company intends to generate annual savings of approximately €11 million beginning in 2006 by streamlining processes and eliminating nearly 150 jobs. A total of 50 jobs will already be shed in 2004, with a further reduction of nearly 90 jobs in 2005 and the remainder following in 2006.
Eurofound (2004), SGL Carbon AG, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 60960, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60960.