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.
Automotive supplier and technology company Bosch announced to employ 800 university graduates at German sites in 2014. In total, the company plans to hire some 9,000 staff worldwide (mainly in the Asia-Pacific region) in 2014.
Headquartered in Stuttgart, Bosch accounted for 107,000 staff in Germany and 281,000 worldwide in 2013.
Eurofound (2014), Bosch, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 76768, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76768.