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 group Liebherr, specialist in manufacturing material for mining and civil engineering announced on 8 December 2006 that Liebherr France will create 150 jobs between January and December 2007 in its factory of Colmar (Haut Rhin). The factory Liebherr France, which currently employs 1,450 people, manufactures shovels for the mining industry. The world demand for equipment for the extraction of raw materials is growing strongly. The CEO of the company announced that the factory of Colmar had been selected because of the qualification of its employees.
Eurofound (2006), Liebherr, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 64577, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64577.