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.
In December 2015, US Medline Company opened its new unit, the Medline Assembly Slovakia, in the reconstructed premises of the Kord Slovakia Company in Banovce nad Bebravou, creating 100 jobs in the coming months The international producer of medical devices and aids initially created 35 new jobs at the unit. In the initial stages, the Company plans to invest €1.6 million and employ up to 100 people by March - April 2016. If the business runs according to plan, the number of employees should expand to 200-300 people.
Eurofound (2015), Medline Assembly Slovakia, Business expansion in Slovakia, factsheet number 86082, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86082.