Corporate Digital Responsibility Initiative EN

CDR - NEWS

Read

CDR CONFERENCE 2025 - Digital responsibility for Germany. Register now!

21. Jul 2025 - Announcement , Event
Read

CDR measure from Barmer: Digital courses for qualification in neighbourhood assistance

24. Jun 2025 - Announcement , CDR measure
Read

Thematic partnership: The CDR Initiative expands its commitment.

20. May 2025 - Announcement
Read

Digital Data Clean-Up - after great success now in its third edition

15. May 2025 - Announcement
Read

Retrospect on the CDR Conference 2024

19. Nov 2024 - Follow-up report
Read

Survey on the assessment of opportunities and risks in the use of AI in the population

14. Nov 2024 - Publication

All news

Events

All events

Publications

Abstract

This anthology highlights the tension between artificial intelligence and fairness. It focuses on questions of responsibility attribution, governance, participation, and ethical design—viewed from the perspectives of science, practice, consumers, and NextGen representatives. It combines theoretical foundations with empirical insights and practical ideas and ties in with the CDR Conference 2024. The target audience is primarily companies that are involved in or aspire to be involved in the field of corporate digital responsibility (CDR). At the same time, the volume also provides politicians, scientists, civil society, and interested citizens with valuable ideas and guidance on dealing with AI and fairness.
With contributions by Paula Becker | Marie Blachetta | Emily Breuer | Alexander Brink | Valerie Carl | Annette Cerulli-Harms | Anna-Sophie Christ | Jonah Dähne | Saskia Dörr | Frank Esselmann | Maximilian Förster | Olivia Hankins | Leonard Henke | Christian Hugo Hoffmann | Sara Elisa Kettner | Till Klein | Julia Muff | Kilian Steinbeck | Christian Thorun | Julian Wagner
The publication is available in OpenAccess.

Link to the publication (in German).
On the occasion of the 5th CDR Conference on 14 November 2024 in Berlin, the CDR Initiative is publishing survey results on the opportunities and risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The aim of the survey is to examine citizens' experiences with AI technologies, the opportunities and risks associated with the use of AI and expectations regarding the responsible use of AI.
Here you will find the appendix to the survey with further information on the sample, selected analyses according to socio-demographic variables and the survey design: Appendix

Click here to download
Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities are core values of our society. Digitalisation can have both positive and negative effects on these values. With the help of our diversity impact assessment, we provide companies with a tool with which they can evaluate the impact of digitalisation processes on diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities and identify improvement measures.

Click here to download
Abstract

The book offers a well-founded and practice-orientated perspective on the importance of corporate digital responsibility (CDR) in the digital age. Readers will gain valuable insights into how companies can put people and the common good at the centre of their digital transformation. The volume documents the results of the CDR Conference 2023, organised by the CDR Office of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, and also contains contributions from invited authors who bring in further perspectives. It is aimed at managers from business, politics and society as well as scientists and practitioners alike.
With contributions by Beatriz Bilfinger | Alexander Brink | Valerie Carl | André Cramer | Saskia Dörr | Frank Esselmann | Ferdinand Ferroli | Maximilian Förster | Laura Freisleben | Andrea Gocke | Leonhard Henke | Julia Kamrath | Sara Elisa Kettner | Christopher Koska | Sindy Leffler-Krebs | Jutta Juliane Meier | Maxim Munin | Jochen Pfender | Bartosz Przybylek | Maike Scholz | Michael Söllner | Sarah Spiekermann | Christian Thorun | Silke Weich | Frank Weidermann | Hannah Wiener | Christian Wißler | Susanna Wolf | Jakob Wößner
The publication is available in OpenAcess.

Click here to download
Following the successful conclusion of this year's Digital Data Clean-Up campaign, here is a short version of our Checklist 2: Cleaning-Up Clouds and Drives
We would be delighted if you can use the tips in the checklist yourself and use them to inspire you to take part in Digital Data Cleaning 2025.
Please read the relevant information in the disclaimer before using the checklist.
You can find more information about Digital Data Clean-Up 2024 here.

Click here to download
Following the successful conclusion of this year's Digital Data Clean-Up campaign, here is a short version of our Checklist 1: Reduce the Floods of Mails
We would be delighted if you can use the tips in the checklist yourself and use them to inspire you to take part in Digital Data Cleaning 2025.
Please read the relevant information in the disclaimer before using the checklist.
You can find more information about Digital Data Clean-Up 2024 here.

Click here to download
Following the successful conclusion of this year's Digital Data Clean-Up campaign, here is a short version of our Checklist 3: Sustainable Work
We would be delighted if you can use the tips in the checklist yourself and use them to inspire you to take part in Digital Data Cleaning 2025.
Please read the relevant information in the disclaimer before using the checklist.
You can find more information about Digital Data Clean-Up 2024 here.

Click here to download
On February 7, 2024, Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft published a specialist book dealing with the challenges and solutions of transparency in the healthcare sector.
The book contains two articles on the topic of digital corporate responsibility:
Hippocratic Oath: Transparency as the basis of a
digital ethics, Alexander Brink, professor at the University of Bayreuth and scientific advisor to the CDR Initiative office
Digital ethics in the health insurance company: How BARMER
Responsibility in the Digital Transformation, Maria Hinz and Marek Rydzewski, BARMER

Book published by the Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft
The survey was designed on the occasion of the 4th CDR Conference on 9 November 2023 in Berlin and conducted by the CDR Initiative office.
The goal of the survey was to ascertain the attitudes and needs of citizens with regard to the topic of people-centredness.

Click here to download
To the interview
Click here to download
To the thesis overview
220608 CDR Konferenz Programm
Zum Beitrag
Download: Abschlusspublikation DFC 2021
For the study entitled “Corporate Digital Responsibility: Results of a Representative Survey”, the Institute for Consumer Policy ConPolicy commissioned an online survey on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection. This survey was conducted by YouGov Deutschland. For the survey, 1,038 people were interviewed throughout Germany in April 2021. The results were weighted and are representative of the population in Germany aged 18 and over. Further information on the sample and the socio-demographic indicators can be found on page ten of the publication.

Download publication (German only)
Download CDR Code
Measures that can contribute to achieve the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations

Download publication
In the CDR Initiative run by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV), an approach using scenario planning was developed, enabling the consequences of the digital transformation process to be identified using realistic case examples.

Download document