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.
Half of the workforce (115 out of 237) will be shed at the automotive department of Hansa Metallwerke in Stuttgart. Part of the production will be relocated in Hungary, where the production costs are lower. 500 people are working on the site in Stuttgart.
Eurofound (2004), Hansa Metallwerke AG, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 60975, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60975.