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 11 August 2009, the producer of car components Leoni announced to cut another 150 jobs in Germany. The current downsizing follows Leoni's announcement of 430 jobs to be lost in March 2009. This second wave of job cuts is attributed to the lasting economic crisis. On 30 June 2009, the company employed 45,522 employees worldwide (3,967 staff in Germany). As of August 2009, it is unknown when the job losses will be implemented by and the precise locations that they will affect.
Eurofound (2009), Leoni, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 69396, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69396.