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.
German mail order company Neckermann, part of the US-based Sun Capital group, finally announced bankruptcy, leading to 650 additional job cuts.
Neckermann had already filed for insolvency in July but no investor was found to invest in the fragmented company.
In total the bankruptcy will result in 2000 job losses, 1350 lost in the previous round of restructuring (see here).
Eurofound (2012), Neckermann, Bankruptcy in Germany, factsheet number 74194, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74194.