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.
The transport and logistics company, Heppner, has announced the recruitment of 400 people in 2019. The total includes short-term employment contract and study-work contract. It can be estimated that about 300 people will be recruited for a length over 6 months. The group employs 3,000 in total and expects a turnover of €700 million in 2018. In 2016, Heppner had announced the closure of three logistic sites in France that affected around 124 positions within the company.
Eurofound (2018), Heppner Société de Transports, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 96048, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96048.