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.

Stellantis, the Franco-Italian-American car manufacturer, is set to recruit 210 full-time permanent workers across all its factories. This recruitment comes as a strategic move to strengthen the company’s skills in component fabrication. While the Group has recently placed greater emphasis on temporary workers, this initiative marks a significant commitment to bolstering its permanent workforce, and Stellantis has indicated that further recruitments may be on the horizon.
Several large restructurings have been recorded in the ERM database, with the most recent cut involving 500 jobs in Poland Stellantis 2024 - PL.
Eurofound (2025), Stellantis, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 202308, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/202308.