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 fuses Wickmann, which belongs to American Littelfuse, will shift its entire production to China. The Chinese daughter will take over, just administration and development are to remain in Witten. Most of the employees in the production department are reported to be close to retiring age.
Eurofound (2005), Wickmann Group, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 62006, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62006.