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 3 November 2010, the mail order company Neckermann announced that it is to create some 100 jobs in 2011. According to the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Neckermann's online shop is making profits and sales have increased since job cuts were discussed in 2009. The company has currently around 4,000 employees.
Eurofound (2010), Neckermann, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 71145, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71145.