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.
IT company OVH has announced the recruitment of 110 new staff in 2011 and its workforce could reach 700 employees in 2012. More than half of the new hires have already been recruited. Established in 1999, the company has became the most important web hosting company in France. It opened a new data center in Roubaix in 2011 and expects to build a new one in nine months to cope with increased demand. The company employs 350 employees worldwide.
Eurofound (2011), OVH, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 72536, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72536.