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.
Producer of cement Dyckerhoff which belongs to Italian group Buzzi, is suffering from overcapacity in the market and high energy costs. It has therefore announced a cost cutting programme for two factories in Wiesbaden and Neubeckum. Wiesbaden will bear the brunt of the accompanying job losses.
Eurofound (2005), Dyckerhoff, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 61833, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61833.