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 5 September 2014, IT company iSoft announced to cut 60 out of 330 jobs at its sites in Mannheim, Bochum and Bremen. In August, iSoft was acquired by Radiomed. The management named high personnel costs as the main reason for the job reduction.
UPDATE 2014-12-05: As reported by economo on 26 November 2014, Radiomed has cut 70 instead of 60 jobs after the acquisition of iSoft.
Eurofound (2014), iSoft, Merger/Acquisition in Germany, factsheet number 77564, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77564.