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 20 August the Irish clothing chain Primark opened a new store in Ingolstadt, which resulted in the creation of 200 new jobs. According to regional media, the opening caused a debate on the Primark's impact on the local retail business and on Primark planning to open still another store in nearby Nuremberg. There is no information on the type of jobs created.
Eurofound (2018), Primark, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 94816, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94816.