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.
Munckhof, a Dutch operator of taxis and coaches and provider of international corporate travel services, has announced plans of hiring 300 new drivers. The planned expansion will increase Munckhof's workforce from 1200 to 1500 employees and is the result of the company winning contracts for regional taxi services in a number of regions across the Netherlands, including Noord-Veluwe, Noord-Holland and Westelijke Mijnstreek. As of October 2016, it is not known when the new jobs will be created by.
Eurofound (2016), Munckhof, Business expansion in Netherlands, factsheet number 88974, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88974.