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.
Hronovský, a Czech automotive parts producer, is to create up to 200 new jobs at its Náchod site. The factory currently employs 100 people and intends to hire another 100 workers by the end of 2011 and a further 100 in the first quarter of 2012. The company produces cable harnesses and switches for car manufacturers, among others for Mercedes and Volkswagen.
Eurofound (2011), Hronovský, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 72443, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72443.