[AISWorld] Workshops on the Future of Corporate Digital Responsibility

[Benjamin MUELLER]

In recent years, corporations have faced ever-increasing pressure to face
digitalization as one of the key topics that drive executive agendas. From
the development of new business models, products, and services to the
digitalization and virtualization of key operating processes - a trend
further fueled by the need to respond to protective measures in the context
of the Corona pandemic - entering the digital realm is no longer just a
topic that matters to "digital native" organizations. Rather, incumbent
businesses and their inherently non-digital business and operating models
are also facing the need to step into the digital realm. Consequently, more
and more organizations seek guidance not only on what to digitalize, but
rather on how to approach this step. At the same time, in light of both
social (e.g., scandals related to data leakages) and political pressures
(e.g., regulatory advances such as the European Union's GDPR and AI act
initiatives), this how-question is not simply a procedural one but has
become one related to norms and values. In effect, key actors in
corporations - from their executives to their employees - seek guidance on
what norms and values define good behaviors in an increasingly digitalized
world and ramp up their efforts to devise governance approaches that ensure
corporate behaviors that comply with these norms across levels. Studying
this duality and developing relevant insight to inform managerial practice
and policymaking are at the heart of the emergent discourse on corporate
digital responsibility (CDR).

 

To help shape the future of the CDR discourse, we are hosting a series of
workshops this summer to provide the emergent research community with
crystallization points for sharing experiences, building and fostering
collaborations, and jointly envisioning a research agenda.

 

The first of these workshops will be hosted in conjunction with the
"Frontiers in Service 2023" conference in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on
June 15. Information on the program and on how to participate can be found
here:

 

https://www.frontiersinservice2023.com/pre-conference-workshops#future-of-co
rporate 

 

The second workshop will be hosted in conjunction with the "International
Conference on Business Informatics and Information Systems 2023" in
Paderborn, Germany, on September 21. Information on the program and on how
to participate can be found here:

 

https://wi2023.de/en/ws07-2/ 

 

We are especially encouraging researchers who have first experiences with
CDR projects to come and join the discussions. Both workshops aim at mapping
out current research efforts and building a future research agenda and will
provide participants with great opportunities to jointly shape this
discourse's exciting future path. In case of questions, please feel free to
contact the organizers listed on the respective event's homepage.

 

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Future of CDR!