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.
The car component producer Getrag will cut 182 out of 1086 jobs at its plant in Köping as result of a decrease in orders, the harder business environment and the increased competition in the car industry. The CEO of the company, Uli Dilling, declared that the redundancy plan was necessary as the new products will not be put on the market before 2007.
Eurofound (2006), Getrag, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 63705, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63705.