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.
Dental equipment producer KaVo will cut 253 jobs at three locations in Bavaria. Initially, the management had announced the loss of 700 jobs, but after negotiations with workers' representatives, that number was reduced. Direct dismissals shall be avoided, the losses shall be managed through early retirements and fluctuation.
Eurofound (2005), KaVo Dental, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 61998, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61998.