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.
On 15 April 2005, the Belgian subsidiary of Deutsche bank has announced a restructuring plan. 70 employees are to be made redundant. The redundancies should mainly affect Deutsche bank business division. Direct dismissals are not the primary measures to be implemented, even though some are likely to occur. Talks between management and union representatives are to begin in April. Deutsche Bank has a workforce of 700 in Belgium. In February 2005, a major restructuring programme was announced by the German bank with the loss of 3,300 positions worldwide.
Eurofound (2005), Deutsche Bank, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 61485, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61485.