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.
On 29 August 2013, HNA.de reported on the creation of 120 to 130 new jobs at the German automobile supplier Weser Metall Umformungstechnik (WMU). WMU is owned by Korean high-tech company Sungwoo Hitech which is investing around 45 million euro in WMU during the next 3 to 4 years. Job creation is part of the current investment programme.
Eurofound (2013), Weser Metall Umformtechnik (WMU), Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 75832, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75832.