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.
On 13 December 2006, Mitec, a manufacturer of parts for motor vehicles and their engines, announced to create 170 new workplaces at its site in Eisenach. The new jobs shall be created till 2009. As part of its business expansion strategy, the establishment wants to invest 85 million Euro into the mentioned site to produce its new line of drive technologies. In 2005, Mitec employed approximately 900 people in Germany.
Eurofound (2006), Mitec Automotive AG, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 64616, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64616.