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.
Eglesakis, a company specialised in growing plants for ornamental purposes, has recently created 100 new telecommuting jobs in Jurbarkas. Currently the company employs 350 employees. The company is planning to double the volume of production in the near future. Most of the production of Eglesakis is exported to the Netherlands, France, Norway, Finland and other European countries.
Eurofound (2015), Eglesakis, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 78262, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78262.