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.
Toyoda Gosei Czech, a Japan-based producer of plastic and rubber car components, is to expand its production and create 160 new jobs at its plant in Klášterec nad Ohří. The enlarged production of door sealing systems is scheduled to start in July 2017. The firm currently employs 460 people (420 in production, 40 in administration).
Within the next few years, the company plans to build a new manufacturing hall and create an additional 300 new jobs.
Eurofound (2016), Toyoda Gosei Czech, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 89149, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89149.