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 automobile manufacturer Audi announced to create 800 new jobs in 2008. One third of the jobs shall be staffed with engineers. Furthermore, economists are needed for the company’s marketing, service and sales departments. The company stated that it will invest 10.6 billion euros into the extension of its production line. By 2015, Audi envisages to produce 40 car models, i.e. 15 more than nowadays.
Eurofound (2008), Audi, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 66147, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66147.