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.
French industrial giant Alstom will cut employment at its operations in Mannheim from 2,000 to 1,300 until the end of 2010. 540 jobs will be eliminated, 220 will be transfered to a new Alstom-company. Originally, Alstom had planned to cut even more jobs, but backed down after protests from trade unions.
Eurofound (2006), Alstom, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 63078, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63078.