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.
Aachen-Münchener, an insurance company, has announced the cutting of 159 jobs in Aachen until 2008. A spokesman said that Aachen-Münchener seeks to make the cuts as 'socially acceptable as possible'. However, direct dismissals will be unavoidable, the spokesman said.
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