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.
On 11 May 2006, Ericsson, one of the leading firms in the telecommunications sector, announced to cut 350 jobs at German locations in Backnang, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Offenbach. The announced reduction of jobs is still part of the internal restructuring programme following the takeover of the British telecommunication company Marconi in 2005.
Eurofound (2006), Ericsson, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 63492, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63492.