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.
Car parts manufacturer AkrapoviÄ Â has announced new jobs for 100 workers as a consequence of the enlargement of its production unit in ÄŒrnomelj (Jugovzhodna Slovenija region). AkrapoviÄ company is a high tech fast growing Slovenian company engaged in the production of exhaust systems for cars and motorbikes. The company is located in IvanÄna Gorica in Osrednje-slovenska region and altogether employs more than 1,050 employees. The production unit in ÄŒrnomelj employs 750 workers and staffing will increase with the addition of 100 new workers in 2018. The company is searching for suitable candidates in the region. AkrapoviÄ company expects continuous growth of production in coming years and further investments in new production facilities and logistics centre are under consideration.
Eurofound (2017), AkrapoviÄ, Business expansion in Slovenia, factsheet number 92302, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92302.