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 enÂgiÂneerÂing and elecÂtronÂics company Bosch is to hire 500 people at the Cluj and Blaj plants. The group intends to invest 40 milllion Euro in these plants. Bosch Romania produces electronic control units for driving assistance, safety components and systems for automotive and power management. Recently new projects on mobility solutions have been introduced at the Jucu and Blaj plants. The Cluj plant will focus on connectivity and industry 4.0 solutions.
In Romania, Bosch Service Solutions has 3,200 employees in Cluj (Cluj County), Blaj (Alba County) and Timisoara (Timis County).
Bosch is a German group which has been operating in Romania since 2000.
Update, 14 June 2016: German group Bosch is to hire 340 people at car component manÂuÂfacÂturÂing plant plant  in Jucu, Cluj County, north-western Romania. Up to 100 positions are for operating techÂniÂcians and some 110 are for adÂminÂisÂtraÂtive clerks, but there are also jobs for proÂducÂtion and auÂtomaÂtion engineers, proÂgramÂmers, division managers and elecÂtriÂcians. According to media reports, the Jucu plant has tripled its production capacity since its opening in May 2014. Â
Eurofound (2016), Bosch, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 87605, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87605.