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.
As announced on 17 January 2012, aircraft manufacturer Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS, plans to create 1,000 jobs in Germany until the end of 2012. This is due to a strong growth and increase in orders.
Airbus mother EADS announced to create 4,000 jobs worldwide, so that the total workforce will sum up to 59,000 at the end of 2012.
Eurofound (2012), Airbus, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 73001, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73001.