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 manufacturer of cleaning equipment and systems Kärcher is to hire 174 employees at its factory in Curtea de Arges, southern Romania, where it produces cleaning appliances. The job creation is expected to be completed by the end of 2018. The plant already employs 139 individuals. Kärcher invested 18.90 million euro in the plant at Curtea de Arges plant, of which 7.65 mil euro came from state aid.
The group currently operates in Germany, Italy, Romania, China, Brazil, Mexico and the USA.
Eurofound (2017), Kärcher, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 90162, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90162.