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.
Aixtron, German manufacturer of semiconductors, will cut 110 jobs at Herzogenrath (North-Rhine Westphalia). This is due to weak turnover. Aixtron has a total workforce of 550 employees, of which 20% will be made redundant.
Eurofound (2013), Aixtron, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 75379, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75379.