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.
As announced on 25 May 2012, Odersun, a manufacturer of solar panels, will be closed and 260 jobs will be cut. Odersun filed for insolvency in March 2012. The insolvency is due to weak sales and current severe problems to find investors for the solar industry.
Eurofound (2012), Odersun, Bankruptcy in Germany, factsheet number 73659, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73659.