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 16 August 2011, the iron foundry manufacturer Eisengießerei Torgelow announced to cut 160 jobs by the end of September 2011. Affected are temporary agency workers. Job cuts are necessary due to a decline in production. The company employs a total of 750 workers.
Eurofound (2011), Eisengießerei Torgelow, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 72572, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72572.