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.
As announced on 18 July 2014, insolvent Laukötter has given notice to the remaining 125 employees in Dessau. Their jobs will be cut by September 2014. Laukötter had filed for bankruptcy in April 2013.
Laukötter is a German manufacturer of tools using light metal and die casting techniques. Before filing for bankruptcy, the company employed around 190 people.
Eurofound (2014), Laukötter, Bankruptcy in Germany, factsheet number 77372, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77372.