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.
Stabilus Romania, the local subsidiary of German gas damper equipment producer Stabilus, is to hire 150 workers for its factory in Sanpetru, central Romania. This job creation is attributed to a number of projects being transferred to Romania from Germany, hence the need for more personnel. The open positions are for labourers, engineers, managers, researchers, IT and sales representatives.
The site currently employs 1,200 people and produces car components for the automotive industry including BMW, Audi, and Porsche. The company plans an investment program for 2016 worth 29 million lei (approximately 6,5 million euro). Last year the company hired 200 persons in Sanpetru.
Eurofound (2017), Stabilus, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 90330, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90330.