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 12 March 2009, the car radio manufacturer Harman Becker announced to cut 950 jobs across Germany. The job cuts are attributed to a loss in sales. In January 2009, sales declined by 33% or 35 million euro in comparison to the same month in the previous year. Harman Becker employs around 3,800 employees in Germany.
Eurofound (2009), Harman Becker, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 68506, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68506.