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.
Plastic and rubber manufacturer Plastic Omnium (18,000 employees world-wide) announced its intention to recruit 400 employees in France in 2011 in order to meet increasing demand. Its annual turnover increased by 32% in 2010.
Eurofound (2011), Plastic Omnium, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 71770, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71770.