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.
Danish producer of toys Lego will close its operations in the German town of Hohenwestedt. 126 jobs are affected. Lego's figures have dipped into the red in recent years and the company has cut employment - mainly at its subsidiaries abroad. Many functions have been centralised at Lego's headquarters in Billund Denmark.
Eurofound (2005), Lego, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 62220, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62220.