Responsible Innovation: Building Tomorrow’s Responsible Firms

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  • 6 Sequences
  • Intermediate Level

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Syllabus

Module 0: Getting Started
General introduction to the concept of RI and its key elements. The importance of RI for addressing societal challenges.

Module 1: RI and Innovation Strategy
Added value for companies and how to realize a long-term win-win situation when it comes to achieving both commercial and societal benefits. Overcoming barriers and how to avoid “greenwashing”. New official EU-standard for RI (‘CWA 17796’) – a systematic approach developed by a consortium of universities, companies and standardization organizations. Alignment with ISO standards. The roadmap and related process explained in detail. Practical examples.

Module 2: Leadership and Key Performance Indicators
Defining and creating a culture of shared values for innovation. Implications for leadership. Defining key performance indicators for RI. Alignment with other business objectives. Examples and best practices.

Module 3: Implementation of RI: Successful Stakeholder Engagement
How to identify stakeholders. How to make stakeholder dialogue a success. Translating results into optimizing products and services. How to deal with public reactions that are hard to anticipate. Risks of not involving stakeholders. The importance of the gender and inclusiveness dimension. Toolkit.

Module 4: Implementation of RI: Safe-by-Design
Explanation of the safe-by-design approach during the whole lifecycle of the product. Dealing with risks and how to prevent unintended and unforeseen negative impacts. How to create and nurture a safety culture. Various risk assessment tools.

Module 5: Implementation of RRI: Design-for-Values
The Design-for-Values approach method. Implications for the design process. Practical examples of how to apply it and the value added. Dealing with conflicting and changing values.

Summary of the course and lessons learned.
Final assignment: apply the framework.

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Ibo van de Poel
Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor in Ethics and Technology
Delft University of Technology

Tom Sorell
Professor
University of Warwick

Andrea Porcari
Project Manager
Italian Association for Industrial Research

Maria Maia
Researcher
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Korienke Smit
Policy Advisor
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)

Emad Yaghmaei
Researcher
Delft University of Technology

Zenlin Roosenboom-Kwee
Assistant Professor
Delft University of Technology

Joost Groot Kormelink
Manager Strategic Innovation
Delft University of Technology

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Delft University of Technology (in Dutch: Technische Universiteit Delft), better known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest public university in the Netherlands. 

It is based in Delft, in the Netherlands. In the QS World University Rankings 2022, it is ranked among the top 10 engineering and technology universities in the world. In architecture and civil engineering, it was ranked 2nd in the world, after MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

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