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.

Forecourt operator, Applegreen is to create 100 new jobs in September 2025 when it opens a new service area off the M3 motorway in Dunshaughlin, county Meath.
The new service area will include a Taco Bell restaurant, and other cafes, fast-food restaurants and deli options. The opening of the new Dunshaughlin motorway service area is part of a €1 billion plan to expand Applegreen’s business in Ireland, the UK and the US over the next five years.
Applegreen currently operates almost 200 locations in the Irish market.
Eurofound (2025), Applegreen, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 203235, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203235.