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 November 2009, the optician chain Fielmann announced the creation of around 650 new jobs by the end of the year. Jobs are created in Germany where the company has opened 21 new shops since the beginning of the year. Fielmann employs around 13,300 staff worldwide.
Eurofound (2009), Fielmann, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 69828, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69828.