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.
Getrag All Wheel Drive, a subcontractor to the automotive industry, has announced 168 dismissals in Köping: 125 blue collars and 43 white collars. Approximately 500 will be left at the fabric when the dismissals are carried out, meaning that the work force has been halved since 2004.
Eurofound (2009), Gertag All Wheel Drive, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 69487, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69487.