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.
US-owned hi-fi equipment and automotive supplier Harman is to create 420 new jobs at a production unit in Pecs (Hungary). This is a "brownfield" development on a site formerly occupied by Finnish electronics company Elcoteq. The new jobs are expected to be created by July of 2015. The company will be given a HUF 750 mln state subsidy for a total investment worth HUF 3.5 bln (EUR 11.46mn).
The company produces electroacoustic components for the car industry, including speakers, speaker systems and microphones. Â
Harman currently employs over two thousand people at another Hungarian plant at Székesfehérvár.Â
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Eurofound (2015), Harman, Business expansion in Hungary, factsheet number 78775, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78775.