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.
Grammer Automotive Slovenija, which produces interior equipment for cars and is based in Slovenj Gradec in Northern Slovenia has announced the loss of 45 jobs due to a 15% decrease in orders as a consequence of recent recession trends. The jobs cuts will take place by the beginning of 2009.The company, which manufactures parts and components for car seats, currently employs 300 people and is a subsidiary of German multinational Grammer.
Eurofound (2008), Grammer, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 67383, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67383.