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.
Taking on responsibility
together
The Initiative
The CDR Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety 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 business for all companies.
The CDR Code
The dynamic development of technology requires voluntary compliance by companies beyond regulation. The CDR Code contains guiding principles and objectives that the members of the CDR Initiative have committed to. With annual reports on measures to achieve these objectives, the members make their commitment tangible.
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"Beyond digital consumer law, voluntary commitment by companies helps to strengthen the trust of consumers in the digital world. In the Federal Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection, we want to further expand the CDR Initiative together with companies, civil society and academia."
Dr. Christiane Rohleder
Secretary of State, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection -
"Corporate Digital Responsibility 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 digital transformation? Where do we set priorities? The CDR Initiative has launched a unique discourse on precisely these questions."
Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexander Brink
Professor of Business Ethics, University of Bayreuth, and Strategic Advisor to the Office of the CDR Initiative
