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.
VOGT Electronic Slovenija, located in Blejska Dobrava in the Gornjska region, is a German-owned manufacturer of electronic components for automotive industry (modules, inductive components, inductive sensors). Due to a decline in orders, the company decided not to prolong fixed-term contracts to 123 employees, what reduced the number of employees to 227. The company does not plan any dismissals of permanent workers.
Eurofound (2009), VOGT electronic Slovenija, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 68694, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68694.