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.
German railway company Deutsche Bahn is to create 1,250 permanent and 450 temporary jobs in 2014.
As reported, the job creation refers mainly to the maintenance and transport operations units and is a response to staff shortages.
According to the sources, Deutsche Bahn created 8,500 new jobs and 4,000 traineeship opportunities in 2013.
In 2011, the company had announced the reduction of 350 jobs in its service centres.
Eurofound (2013), Deutsche Bahn, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 76158, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76158.