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.
On 19 July 2017, the French producer of automotive components Hutchinson Poland opened a new plant in Zawada (near Dębica) and thereby create 700 jobs. The factory covers an area of 21,000 m2 and is worth PLN 160 million (€ 38.05mn / $ 43.63mn). The plant will produce gaskets for automotive and aerospace industries.
In the first half of 2017, Hutchinson expanded one of its sites in Dębica with 150 new workers.
Hutchinson is part of the Total Group and has more than 25,000 employees in 25 countries. In Poland, the company has production facilities in three locations (Łódź, Bielsko-Biała and Żywiec) and employs about 4,500 staff.
Eurofound (2017), Hutchinson Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 91672, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91672.