Company Strategies for Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): A Conceptual Model

Ibo Van de Poel, Lotte Asveld, Steven Flipse, Pim Klaassen, Victor Scholten and Emad Yaghmaei
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Ibo Van de Poel: Department of Values, Technology & Innovation, Faculty of Technology, Policy & Management, TU Delft, 2600 AA Delft, The Netherlands
Lotte Asveld: Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, TU Delft, 2600 AA Delft, The Netherlands
Steven Flipse: Department of Science Education & Communication, Faculty of Applied Sciences, TU Delft, 2600 AA Delft, The Netherlands
Pim Klaassen: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment; 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands, pim.klaassen@rivm.nl
Victor Scholten: Department of Values, Technology & Innovation, Faculty of Technology, Policy & Management, TU Delft, 2600 AA Delft, The Netherlands
Emad Yaghmaei: Department of Values, Technology & Innovation, Faculty of Technology, Policy & Management, TU Delft, 2600 AA Delft, The Netherlands

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 11, 1-18

Abstract: Responsible research and innovation (RRI) has become an important topic in the academic community and in policy circles, but it has not yet been systematically included in the innovation process of companies. We discuss how companies can integrate RRI into their corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies and business strategy. To this end, we developed a conceptual model that links a company’s RRI strategy to its context, and that helps to translate the RRI strategy into activities that result in RRI outcomes. We also propose a process for developing company-specific RRI key performance indicators (KPIs) that can support companies to measure RRI outcomes.

Keywords: responsible research and innovation (RRI); corporate social responsibility (CSR); business strategy; key performance indicators (KPIs); ethics; acceptance; pilot; industry; code of conduct; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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