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.
The regional newspaper Schweriner Volkszeitung will cut almost one third of its workforce. The reason for the restructuring is shrinking revenues because of lower sales and advertisement turnover. Early retirement and job-sharing are supposed to cushion the impact of the job losses.
Eurofound (2005), Schweriner Volkszeitung, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 62465, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62465.