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 Herbignac Cheese Ingredients plant, which produces mozzarella at Herbignac (Loire-Atlantique), has announced plans to recruit 33 employees by 2025. Currently, the plant employs 300 people. The site, which belongs to the Agrial group, is expanding its production to meet consumer demand for mozzarella by adding a new drying tower, which will create 33 new jobs. The new facility is due to come on stream in 2025, the new roles the company will be hiring for will be in production, maintenance and quality.
Eurofound (2024), Herbignac Cheese Ingredients, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 201605, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201605.