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.
Automotive supplier Bosch will create 16,500 jobs to reach a total staff of some 300,000 in 2011 if the 2010 growth pace continues. In the fiscal year 2010, the Bosch Group generated a 24% increase in sales compared with the previous year; sales reached pre-crisis 2007 level - mainly because of an increasing demand in the Asia Pacific region. According to a company press release Bosch is looking for more than 9000 univeristy graduates alone.
Eurofound (2011), Bosch, Business expansion in World, factsheet number 71515, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71515.