Values & Principles
Responsible digitization is value-based. It follows the basic principle of treating individuals, society, and the environment respectfully.
Beschreibung
Digitization complicates and challenges existing terms and conditions of decision-making processes. However, the increasing complexity should not be disadvantageous towards the compliance with digital ethics. The formulation and integration of predefined values is a crucial step, allowing the derivation of practical action-guiding and identity-forming principles on digitization.
Internal Stakeholders: Investors, owners, partners, shareholders, management, board members, supervisory board members, CSR and digitalization officers, and employees.
External Stakeholders: Customers, users, and society in general.
- Documentation of an approved set of values
- Guidelines on responsible digitization (e.g., data usage)
- Value discourse procedure (handling compliance and conflict)
- Commonly agreed communication strategy on values
- Authentic “exemplification” of digital ethics by higher executives and leaders
- Regular monitoring (e.g., independent external auditor)
- Identifying CDR values and principles: Deriving values based on corporate values
- Discussion on the values and principles with internal and external stakeholders
- Internal and external communication of the values
- Integration of the values into the management handbook
- Establishing processes and responsibilities for value and principal development
- Encouraging self-commitment at the micro and macro level
- Promotion of a cross-company dialog on value-oriented digitization
- SDGs
- BVDW “Minimum criteria for responsible digitization”
- ISO 26000
- Principles of the common good economy
- DNWE
- General standards on business ethics (value management)
- HDM Stuttgart, Chair for Digital Ethics