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.
German aviation group Lufthansa announced on 18 October 2006 its plans to increase its Munich-based workforce by 750 to cope with its business expansion at this location. 500 out of these new jobs will be created for flight attendants.
According to the company's press release, Lufthansa is to start an international recruiting campaign providing 2,500 jobs for Service Professionals and Flight attendants.
The aviation company has a global workforce of 92,303.
Eurofound (2006), Lufthansa, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 64286, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64286.