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.
In response to its strong sales growth, VW subsidiary Audi has increased the number of employees that it plans to recruit from 1,200 (December 2011) to 2,000 (April 2012) Additionally, 700 temporary agency workers will be taken on permanently. The new positions will be created in manufacturing and technical development.
Eurofound (2012), Audi, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 73458, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73458.