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.
Electronics retail chain ProMarkt, a subsidiary of German retailer REWE will close 10 out of 70 chain stores in Germany until the end of 2012. 290 out of 1,890 full-time posts will be lost. The restructuring is reported to be necessary to save ProMarkt from bankruptcy. The remaining stores will be modernized.
A social plan has been agreed on with the works council.
Eurofound (2012), ProMarkt, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 74073, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74073.