What is corporate digital responsibility?

Corporate digital responsibility covers 4 areas:

• environmental
  • responsible recycling or the disposal of tech equipment
• social
  •  data privacy protection of customers, employees, and other stakeholders
• economic
  • creation of new digital-era jobs that are enriching, purposeful, and interesting (not gig employment)
• technological
  • calling for a ban on the weaponization of AI and similar digital technologies
  • avoiding biased or inaccurate AI decision-making algorithms can lead to unfair or discriminatory practices

Why is corporate digital responsibility timely?

• risks too high for corporate bad or unethical digital practices
• impact could be a total loss of personal privacy
• social and economic costs of unregulated gig-economy jobs with few or no social protections

What does data say about corporate growth and responsibility?

• 75% of Unilevers growth is attributable to its corporate responsible, sustainable line

MIT Sloan School | Corporate Responsibility in the Digital Era