Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR) is the organisational policy of assuming responsibility in the age of digital transformation. It is a decisive factor in shaping the process of digitalisation for the common good and ensuring it serves the best interests of citizens.
CDR Conference 2025 on 6 October 2025
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Our CDR conference will take place on 6 October from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Berlin. The theme is ‘Digital Responsibility for Germany’ and we look forward to welcoming high-profile speakers from politics, business and civil society.
Digital ethics is a success factor
Digital transformation is changing all areas of life, from workplaces and everyday life to how we live together as a society. Organisations play a central role in shaping this transformation, and consumers are increasingly focusing on their behaviour. Corporate responsibility in the digital space is therefore becoming a necessity.
CDR-News
The CDR Initiative is a platform for learning and exchange. Here we report on the latest news from the world of corporate digital responsibility.
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21. Jul 2025 - Announcement , Event
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24. Jun 2025 - Announcement , CDR measure
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20. May 2025 - Announcement
Taking on responsibility
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The Initiative
The CDR Initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection promotes corporate responsibility in the digital transformation. The initiative was launched together with companies in 2018. Its aim is to ensure that digital responsibility becomes a normal part of day-to-day conduct for all organisations and to support organisations in positioning their values.
Membership & CDR-Code
The development of technologies requires voluntary commitments alongside regulation to achieve responsible conduct by organisations. The CDR-Code contains principles to which Members of the CDR-Initiative are committed and which they uphold in their CDR-Reports.
Development Partnership
We support organisations in their development of responsible digital business models:
Practice-oriented, efficient and tailored to the individual needs of the organisation.
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When companies set out to responsibly shape the digital transformation, consumers and society as a whole benefit. With the Corporate Digital Responsibility Initiative, we promote this voluntary commitment by companies.
Frank Schwabe
Parliamentary Secretary of State at the BMJV -
"CDR is not only an ethical imperative – it is also a smart management decision. Now is the time to exercise our power of judgement and to send a clear message: What do we hope to achieve together through the process of the digital transformation? Where do we set priorities? The CDR Initiative has launched a unique discourse on precisely these questions."
Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexander Brink
Academic Advisor to the Office of the CDR Initiative
The CDR-Code from a consumer perspective: What questions might consumers ask organisations about their digital responsibility?
