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 logistics company C-Log has announced the recruitment of 100 people in 2020 to meet its contracts in ready-to-wear, leather goods and luxury accessories. The group, which employs 600 people, has 6 sites in France.
C-Log is a subsidiary of the Beaumanoir textile distribution group (13,600 employees, €1.3bn turnover); the head office is at Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine). In 2019, C-Log benefited from a 9.1% growth in its business to reach a total turnover of €53.20 million. It processed and shipped 53 million items and managed 2.3 million parcels.
About 5.8% of C-Log's employees are disabled. The group has a strong presence in France but also in Asia since it has a logistics site in Shanghai (China).
C-Log, which currently operates in 90 countries, aims to become to be a full-service global player serving its customers in the fashion industry.
Eurofound (2020), C-Log, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 99756, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99756.