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.
Retailer Maxima LT announced plans to create 400 new jobs across different regions of Lithuania by the end of 2016. Among the reasons of expansion the company mentioned the introduction of a new deposit system for single-use packaging in Lithuania which is effective since February 2016. The new system requires collection of a monetary deposit on reusable packaging at the point of sale. The company plans to employ at least 170 operators to comply with the new requirements. Currently Maxima LT owns 234 retail chains in Lithuania which employ 17,235 people.
Eurofound (2016), Maxima LT, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 86396, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86396.