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.
VHV (Vereinige Hannoversche Verischerungen), a German insurer based in Hannover, will cut 120 positions out of 2,000. The group employs a total of 2,700 persons in Germany. The company had planned to shed about 180 posts initially but this was lowered to 120 as a result of negotations with the works council.
Eurofound (2012), VHV, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 74127, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74127.