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.
Papierfabrik Hermes, a paper manufacturer based in Dusseldorf, Germany, is to close with the loss of 100 jobs. The company went into insolvency due to high energy costs, and had to close when it failed to negotiate lower costs with its energy supplier.
Eurofound (2008), Papierfabrik Hermes, Bankruptcy in Germany, factsheet number 68128, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68128.