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-capital freight transport company Hegelmann Transporte is to create around 250 new jobs in Kaunas region in 2018. The company will open a new logistics centre in May 2018 and a new administrative office in November 2018. The company’s investment in the expansion amounts to €20 millions. Hegelmann Transporte is also expanding its fleet: indeed, it has recently bought 1,000 new trucks. In 2017, the sales revenue of the company increased by 40% as compared to 2016 and amounted to €150 millions. Currently Hegelmann Transporte employs 863 employees in its subsidiary in Kaunas.
Eurofound (2018), Hegelmann Transporte, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 93169, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93169.