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 airline Augsburg Airways is to cut 360 jobs (cabin and cockpit crew). A social plan for the redundancies is under negotiation. As announced the company is threatened with closure till the end of October 2013. This restruction is attributed to the termination of cooperation with Lufthansa. In case of a closure, 100 people employed in the technical support and administration units will be made redundant as well.
Eurofound (2013), Augsburg Airways, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 75175, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75175.