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 1 December 2010 the Portuguese company Jeromino Martins, the owner of the store chain Biedronka in Poland, opened a new large Distribution Centre in Koszalin, where 170 jobs were created. The company plans to increase the employment to 250. The Distribution Centre consists of 27,000 square meters of warehouse space and the Centre will supply articles to 147 stores in the Pomorze area. The Jeromino Martis has been operating in Poland since 1995. The company has 1,600 stores in 700 Polish cities and 9 distribution centers across Poland and employs over 29,000 people.
Eurofound (2010), Jeromino Martins, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 71277, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71277.