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.
Festo, a global provider of solutions for the automation of technical processes, announced the creation of 300 new jobs by the end of 2008 at the production sites in Esslingen-Berkheim, Ostfildern and St. Ingbert-Rohrbach. The company attributed the business expansion to the rising demand for its products. The company employs around 12,000 worldwide. As of February 2008 there is no information on the number employed at the three production sites.
Eurofound (2008), Festo, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 66145, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66145.