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2016 | Book

Introduction: More Responsible Researchers and Innovators? Read chapter Read first chapter

Responsible Research and Innovation in Industry

The Case for Corporate Responsibility Tools

Authors: Konstantinos Iatridis, Doris Schroeder

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Book Series : SpringerBriefs in Research and Innovation Governance

Part of: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" , Springer Professional "Technik" , Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

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About this book

Responsible research and innovation (RRI) is a governance framework promoted by influential policy makers such as the European Commission and academics from the fields of science and technology studies and management. This book is the first text to serve industry. Inspired by existing Corporate Responsibility standards and principles, it offers a selection of tools that can assist practitioners in implementing RRI in business and industry.

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is integrative. It is a convergence of Technology Assessment (TA) and Ethics, including corporate responsibility. The task of linking RRI to existing frameworks has only just begun. This book is a welcome example, showing how Corporate Responsibility tools can drive the implementation of RRI.

Prof. Armin Grunwald, Head of the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag and Head of the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.

This is a simple, short, yet encyclopaedic work designed to help business implement RRI using the many tools of Corporate Responsibility (CR) already in place, everything from ISO9001 to the Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability. It makes clear the ways in which RRI is an extension of ideas already well-developed in CR. I learned a lot reading it.

Prof. Michael Davis, Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

Increase the chance of success for your startup's business idea by using your future customers' knowledge about the market! This engagingly written book explains how.

Dr Thomas Frenken, CEO oldntec, Germany

Table of Contents

Frontmatter
Chapter 1. Introduction: More Responsible Researchers and Innovators?
Abstract
This book argues that corporate responsibility (CR) tools can help realize the goals of the responsible research and innovation (RRI) framework. RRI is a newly emerging governance framework, promoted by public funders of research such as the European Commission. When RRI is applied in industry, funder requirements are not enough to implement it, given that private research and innovation funds are involved. Instead, we argue, CR tools are well suited to bridge this gap as they are self-regulatory and have been established to promote a common understanding as well as a common means of performance evaluation globally.
Doris Schroeder, Konstantinos Iatridis
Chapter 2. The Basics of Responsible Research and Innovation
Abstract
Responsible research and innovation (RRI) is a newly emerging governance framework, promoted initially by public funders of research. This chapter explains the concept by defining its individual elements (responsibility, research and innovation). Three case studies are given: one from South Africa, where indigenous community involvement provided a significant lead for a health innovation; one from Germany, where end-user involvement in the innovation process led to faster and less contentious market entry; and one from India, where an innovation significantly improved the lives of the poorest girls and women. The concepts of responsiveness, inclusiveness and providing a societal good are illustrated through the case studies, mapped against policy and academic work on RRI and derived from the earlier discussions of responsibility.
Doris Schroeder, Konstantinos Iatridis
Chapter 3. The Basics of Corporate Responsibility
Abstract
A concise account of corporate responsibility (CR) is provided to facilitate a later comparison of CR and responsible research and innovation. The chapter clarifies the concept by discussing different types of corporate responsibilities and explaining their links with similar concepts such as corporate sustainability, corporate accountability, corporate citizenship and corporate social performance. One focus is on how to develop a CR strategy and the main topics that firms need to pay attention to when doing so. Another focus is the benefits stemming from engagement in CR activities.
Konstantinos Iatridis, Doris Schroeder
Chapter 4. An Overview of Corporate Responsibility Tools and Their Relationship with Responsible Research and Innovation
Abstract
Corporate responsibility (CR) tools have an excellent potential to facilitate the implementation of responsible research and innovation (RRI) in industry. This chapter provides a detailed account of existing CR tools. It develops selection criteria for choosing the tools with the greatest potential to assist the implementation of RRI in industry. Background information on these tools is given, as well as data on the tools’ requirements. In addition, assessment criteria are developed to illustrate the tools’ suitability in setting up a framework for action that could form a basis for RRI implementation.
Konstantinos Iatridis, Doris Schroeder
Chapter 5. Applying Corporate Responsibility Tools to Responsible Research and Innovation
Abstract
Corporate responsibility (CR) tools are mapped onto the von Schomberg, Owen and Science with and for Society (SwafS) definitions of responsible research and innovation (RRI) to see which ones may be suitable for adoption within the context of RRI implementation and which gaps remain. Three case studies show how the CR tools selected can facilitate RRI implementation. The first refers to Abengoa, a highly active company in the field of sustainability; the second discusses Seventh Generation’s approach to corporate responsibility and how this links with RRI; and the third presents Teck, a mining company which uses a variety of corporate responsibility tools in managing its operations.
Konstantinos Iatridis, Doris Schroeder
Chapter 6. ‘Are You RRI-Aware?’ a Question-and-Answer Chapter for Innovators
Abstract
The book ends with a dialogic tool that asks the reader questions about responsible research and innovation (RRI), responsibility, corporate responsibility, risk assessment, diversity, user involvement and other aspects of RRI to test awareness of research and innovation governance concepts and tools. Sample answers are provided.
Doris Schroeder, Konstantinos Iatridis
Backmatter
Metadata
Title
Responsible Research and Innovation in Industry
Authors
Konstantinos Iatridis
Doris Schroeder
Copyright Year
2016
Electronic ISBN
978-3-319-21693-5
Print ISBN
978-3-319-21692-8
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21693-5