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.
Major Bavarian plant bakery Müller-Brot filed for insolvency in January when irregularities were detected. Negotiations to sell the bakery to new owners are still ongoing. The insolvency put a total of 1,250 jobs at risk. In early April about 450 jobs were saved when the daughter company of the former owner acquired the Müller store chain. The bakery plants are still for sale.
Eurofound (2012), Müller-Brot, Bankruptcy in Germany, factsheet number 73473, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73473.