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.
Cewecolor, a supplier of photo services, wants to close its film processing plant in Weinsheim. The reason evoked is a slowing demand for the processing of analogue films. Employees will be offered jobs at other plants of Cewecolor, although the management does not believe that many workers will take up that offer. A redundancy plan will also be worked out with employees' representatives.
Eurofound (2005), Cewe Color, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 62552, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62552.