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.
Chain convenience store, Centra, is to hire up to 480 people this year as part of the company's expansion, involving 16 new stores. Centra currently employs 11,000 people in Ireland across 460 stores.
The jobs measure is on the back of a €16 million investment. The company's retail sales increased by 1.6% in 2015.
Eurofound (2016), Centra, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 86382, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86382.