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 9 June 2006, Hermes, one of the leading post and courier operators in Germany, announced the creation of 130 jobs at its logistic centre in Hückelhoven. Hermes will handle the parcel services for the shopping channel QVC Germany. Hermes employed an overall number of 13,000 persons and its gross sales amounted up to 908 million Euro in 2005.
Eurofound (2006), Hermes, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 63612, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63612.