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.
In 2007, US-based solar module manufacturer First Solar will employ 400 workers in a new manufacturing plant at Frankfurt/Oder in eastern Germany. 45.5 million euro in financial incentives were authorized by the European Commission and the Federal Government to create the new facility.
Eurofound (2006), First Solar Manufacturing GMBH, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 63804, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63804.