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 French leader of house equipment, Conforama, owned by Group Pinault Printemps La Redoute, announced on 20 October 2006 that it will recruit 1,500 new employees between November 2006 and February 2007 in France. The company owns 178 stores in France and a total of 245 in Europe. The overall workforce is 14,000 people.
Eurofound (2006), Conforama, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 64289, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64289.