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.
On 14 December, McDonald's France has announced to create 9,000 jobs the next three years with the opening of 40 new fast foods restaurants in France.
The company has signed a charter with the French Labour Ministry and took the commitment to recruit 3,000 employees (80% on permanent contract) each year by 2014 with the support of the public employment services (Pôle emploi, missions locales, cap emploi). The company has 1195 sites in France and expects to increase sites creation from currently 30 per year, over 40 to 50 in the three next years.
Eurofound (2011), McDonald's France, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 72860, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72860.