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.
Škoda Auto, the largest Czech car manufacturer, has announced plans to employ 1400 new agency workers at its Kvasiny plant in 2011 thanks to an increase in demand for cars (Superb, Yeti). Škoda Auto currently employs 2,700 agency workers. The company is looking for skilled painters and welders.
Eurofound (2010), Škoda Auto, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 71116, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71116.