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.
Clothing retailer Primark opened a new store in Lisbon on 10 October, employing 300 staff.
Primark is based in Ireland, employing about 47,000 staff in eight European countries. The new store is the largest of Primark in the Iberian Peninsula. In 2012, the company had announced the creation of 125 jobs in Coimbra.
Eurofound (2013), Primark, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 76152, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76152.