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.
Brinkmann Tabakfabriken, affiliate of British American Tobacco, has announced a reduction of its staff by 80%. The firm responds to the judgment of the ECJ which eventually dismissed, in November 2005, the tax relief on fine-cut tobacco sticks intended for rolling cigarettes.
Eurofound (2006), Brinkmann, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 63113, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63113.