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.
Porta, a retailer of furniture, is to close its branch in Isernhagen, near Hannover in Germany, with the loss of 150 jobs. The terms and conditions of the redundancy are still being negotiated.
Eurofound (2008), Porta, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 68129, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68129.