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 10 July 2008, Fielmann announced that it is to create 400 new jobs across Germany by the end of 2008. The German optician operates a series of retail outlets in Germany. The company attributed the job creation to its rising sales. Fielmann operated around 599 outlets with approximately 11,500 employees in 2007.
Eurofound (2008), Fielmann, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 66839, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66839.