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.
German automotive company BMW has announced that it will create between 300 and 400 jobs at its new logistics centre in Świecko (Kostrzyn-Słubice Special Economic Zone, Poland). A warehouse with a space of over 32,000 sq m is currently being built by Goodman, and it is expected to be operational in April 2018. The facility will be a logistics centre for spare parts to serve the Polish and East-German market. BMW has had its logistics operations in Świecko since 2007. Currently, the company plans to relocate and expand its spare parts business into the new unit.
Eurofound (2017), BMW, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 92520, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92520.