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 kitchen furniture producer Häcker Küchen is to create 100 jobs in Rödinghausen by the end of 2016. This will bring the workforce from 1,100 to 1,200. The company plans a total investment of 20 million euros. It currently manufactures 770 kitchens per day and plans to increase production further. The job creation is necessary to handle the production expansion.
Eurofound (2015), Häcker Küchen , Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 79240, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79240.