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.
Siemens Wind Power plans to fire 400 employees at the factories in Aalborg, Brande and Engesvang. According to the management the reason is a significant downturn in the American market. Siemens Wind Power has actually expanded in Denmark. During the last year almost 100 new employees have been hired every month. The total employment before the announced redundancies was around 3,500 of which 2,800 in Brande.
As reported, Denmark has applied for assistance from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF).
Eurofound (2009), Siemens Wind Power, Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 68628, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68628.