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.
The US-based online retailer Amazon has opened a second distribution center in Austria, creating 120 jobs at the site. The opening of the first distribution center in Großebersdorf took place in 2018 (100 jobs created). In this case, Amazon organised the transport of its packages through 400 drivers of small delivery companies to reduce dependence from bigger courier services.
Eurofound (2020), Amazon, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 101822, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101822.