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.
Vorwerk, a manufacturer of built-in kitchens, has announced that it is to close its production and distribution site in Wuppertal with the loss of 250 jobs. Production and employment at the site is scheduled to end by the end of June 2008. Management at the firm have attributed the closure to a decline in the demand for built-in kitchens.
Eurofound (2007), Vorwerk, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 66094, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66094.