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.
In October 2010, the Spanish retail chain El Corte Ingles announced that it employed over 250 people in Lisbon and Porto-Gaia following the extension of the opening hours of some of its stores. According to press reports, El Corte Ingles invested more than EUR 92.500 in the recruitment process and training of new hires.
Eurofound (2010), El Corte Inglés, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 71446, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71446.