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.
After originally announcing that 1,200 jobs were in danger, Lanxess has now scaled back the number of jobs to be shed to 960. About 500 jobs will be lost at the operations in Leverkusen. There shall be no direct dismissals. With this measure, Lanxess expects yearly savings of €100 million from 2008.
Eurofound (2005), Lanxess, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 61738, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61738.