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 23 April 2013, US fast food chain McDonald’s announced it plans to create at least 1,000 new jobs in 2013. The chain plans to expand its activities in Poland. The company is to recruit people of all ages, also people aged over 50. The chain will provide special trainings and workshops for the employed staff.
Currently, McDonald’s employs 16,000 people in 304 restaurants across the country.
Eurofound (2013), McDonald's, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 75377, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75377.