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 October 14, 2012, German insurance group Allianz will outsource 300 jobs.
Ergo and other insurance groups have to face falling prices and saturated markets, especially for life insurances. In 2011, Allianz already announced to cut 400 administrative jobs until the end of 2014 (see Factsheet 19335).
Eurofound (2012), Allianz, Outsourcing in Germany, factsheet number 74341, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74341.