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.
German car maker Volkswagen is to create 500 new jobs at its new vehicle bodywork production facilities in Bratislava. As reported, by the end of 2015 the site will be ready to participate in the manufacturing of SUV Bentley models. The €600 million expansion plan involves also the installment of about 1,000 robots.
Eurofound (2014), Volkswagen Slovakia, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 77840, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77840.