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.
The private bank Sal. Oppenheim hasĀ announcedĀ that they will cut 150 out of 965 jobs in Germany beginning in November 2010. The bank is restructuring its business and seeks to save costs by reducing personnel. It has agreed with the works' council on a social plan regulating the job cuts. Apart from the job cuts, the bank will also relocate its headquarters from Luxembourg to Germany, i.e. Cologne. The bank, which is currently running deficits, stressed its intention to return to break-even results in 2011.
Eurofound (2010), Sal. Oppenheim, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 71173, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71173.