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.
McDonalds, the multinational fast-food restaurant chain, has announced 700 new jobs in outlets across Ireland over the next three years. It is reported that as many as 12 new outlets will open, in what amounts to a major investment by the company, which has been trading in Ireland for 35 years and presently employs over 4,000 staff. The recruitment and selection process will commence in January 2013.
Eurofound (2012), McDonalds, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 74666, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74666.