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.
Norsk Hydro, a Norwegian producer of aluminium, wants to close one of its German operations (Stade, Lower Saxony) completely and a second (Hamburg) at least partially. Reason for the closure are rising energy costs in Germany. At current prices, the factories can no longer operate profitably. As yet, there have been no announcements as to how the job losses shall be managed.
Eurofound (2005), Norsk Hydro, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 61767, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61767.