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.
Klöckner & Co, a steel trader belonging to private equity fund Lindsay Goldberg Bessemer, will close four offices in Germany, thereby shedding 360 jobs. Hamburg, Berlin, Hannover and Bamberg were not profitable, a spokesperson said. A redundancy programme will be worked out for the affected employees.
Eurofound (2005), Klöckner & Co, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 62703, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62703.