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.
Munich-based manufacturer of air craft turbines MTU Maintenance is to cut up to 130 jobs at Ludwigsfelde (Brandenburg).
According to management, the measure is due to a declining number of orders. The Metal Workers Union IG Metall claimed that the cuts result from mismanagement.
In 2011, the company had announced to create 131 jobs at Ludwigsfelde.
Eurofound (2014), MTU Maintenance, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 76462, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76462.