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.

Maiora Despar Centro Sud will create over 400 new jobs in 2025 as part of its expansion plan across Central and Southern Italy. Employment opportunities include sales assistants, cashiers, department managers, warehouse workers, logistic operators, and cash & carry personnel, plus potential administrative office positions.
The recruitment supports a structured growth plan including new stores in previously uncovered cities, renovation of 10 existing outlets, and openings of 5 new cash & carry locations.
The Despar division operates over 520 retail points and 14 cash & carry locations across Puglia, Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Abruzzo, Molise, and Lazio regions.
Eurofound (2025), Maiora Despar Centro Sud, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 203150, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203150.