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.
PM Group, an Irish construction management company, is to create 300 new jobs in Ireland this year. The main locations will be Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary and Carlow. It will also create a further 200 jobs globally. This is in addition to an expansion announced last September of 200 jobs in Ireland (PM Group-2021-IE). Recruitment for the new positions is already underway. The roles will be in the areas of engineering, construction, commissioning, data analytics, finance and IT.
The company has a global workforce of 3,500 employees in Europe, North America and Asia, and more than 1,200 of these employees hold shares in the company.
Eurofound (2022), PM Group, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 107231, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107231.