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 1 September 2008 it became public that the German telecommunication company Kabel Deutschland (KDG) announced to cut 300 out of 2750 jobs in its German operations. This will in particular affect the technical services of the company. Further details on dismissals, time lines and units affected are not yet known.
Eurofound (2008), Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 67034, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67034.