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.
Vehicle manufacturing company Stellantis Gliwice, a subsidiary of Stellantis, announced that it will create 500 new jobs at its new production facility in Gliwice at the beginning of 2022. Stellantis Gliwice was created after the merger of Opel Manufacturing Poland and PSA Manufacturing Poland operating in Gliwice. Under the merger, the company will take over about 2,000 employees currently hired by Opel. The factory in Gliwice has previously produced the Astra car (the production of the model will be relocated to Rüsselsheim in Germany within the next months); after the transformation, the site will produce the new models of vans: Opel Movano, Peugeot Boxer, Citroen Jumper and Fiat Ducato. The series production is to be launched in April 2022, but prototype models are expected to be produced from fall 2021. Next year, nearly 40,000-50,000 delivery vehicles should leave the production lines and, a year later, the plant should reach its full production capacity of 100,000 cars per year.
Headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Stellantis is a Dutch-domiciled multinational automotive manufacturing corporation, formed in 2021 on the basis of a merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Group. Stellantis employs about 300,000 people and has factories in 30 countries worldwide.
Eurofound (2021), Stellantis Gliwice, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105119, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105119.