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.
Mercadona, the Spanish supermarket chain, has announced the creation of 150 new jobs in Boadilla del Monte, Madrid.
The reason behind this business expansion is the launching of a new logistics facility for online sales for which the company has invested 13.20 million Euros. This new facility will, from now on, provide services to several large towns in the Madrid area, such as Boadilla del Monte, Alcorcón, Villaviciosa de Odón, Leganés, Parla or Tres Cantos. The new logistics facility is intended to consolidate Mercadona’s online shopping business, which currently represents a total turnover of 540 million Euros and provides employment to 2,700 workers within Mercadona. The new logistics facility is the sixth one of Mercadona in Spain.
Eurofound (2023), Mercadona, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 200249, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200249.