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 Trelleborg Vibracoustic is to cut 185 jobs at its sites in Breuberg and Neuenburg. As reported, 100 out of 230 jobs will be lost at the company site in Breuenberg and 85 out of 500 jobs at the Neunburg site.
According to the sources, Trelleborg Vibracoustic plans to transfer part of the production activities to Romania. The timeframe for the restructuring is not known yet.
Trelleborg Vibracoustic is a German producer of anti-vibration systems. It is a joint venture firm of Trelleborg and the Freudenberg group. For a previously reported restructuring event see Trelleborg Vibracoustic – 2013.
Eurofound (2014), Trelleborg Vibracoustic, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 77136, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77136.