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 6 July 2009, financial service provider Allianz Deutschland announced that 4,800 jobs, instead of the planned 5,700, were to be cut. Job losses were less severe due to the new tasks taken over by the company.
Allianz Deutschland employs around 30,000 employees.
Eurofound (2009), Allianz, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 69294, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69294.