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 10 July 2017, Allianz Technology, subsidiary of the German insurance company Allianz, has announced it plans to cut 300 jobs in Germany. The job cuts will be implemented through a voluntary redundancy programme. The affected employees will receive a severance pay offer, valid until the end of October 2017.
Although there has been further announcements of job cuts, see (Allianz Deutschland, 2017) and (Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, 2017), Allianz has no company-wide redundancy programme.
Allianz Technology currently employs around 2,000 people in Germany and around 8,000 people worldwide.
Eurofound (2017), Allianz Technology , Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 91506, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91506.