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.
International Tobacco Group announced to cut 155 jobs at its Lahr cigarette manufacturing plant after the decision of the European Unions Court of Justice to rule German tax distinctions between factory produced cigarettes and cigarettes assembled by smokers to be illegal. Direct dismissals will be avoided.
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