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.
The toy manufacturer LEGO ČR has opened its third production line in Kladno and is to create up to 600 new jobs by the end of 2015. Lego has been operating in Kladno since 2000 and currently employs 2,000 workers. Globally, Lego Group operates 4 sites around the world and employs a total of 15,000 people. LEGO's fifth plant is being constructed in China.
Eurofound (2015), LEGO ČR, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 79265, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79265.