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 automotive supplier HP Pelzer will cut 103 jobs in Neutraubling (Bavaria). This is reported to be due to a shortage of subsequent orders. HP Pelzer suffers from weak sales in the automotive industry. Currently, the company employs 153 people in Neutraubling, 20 of them on the basis of fixed-term contracts.
Eurofound (2013), HP Pelzer, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 75186, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75186.