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.
IT support services company Pramerica is creating 330 new jobs in Letterkenny, Co Donegal, as part of a new campus being built. The new roles are in senior IT management, project management, business analysis, as well as roles for data scientists, actuaries, accountants and other technology support and professional services. The expansion is scheduled to take place over the next three years but new jobs are expected to be facilitated by mid-2016. Pramerica already employs 1,200 people in Co Donegal. It is part of the Prudential Financial group and provides support services to its parent company.
Eurofound (2015), Pramerica, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 84288, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84288.