As part of the European Commission’s Digital Agenda for Europe, Hilary Sutcliffe of the UK based think-tank MATTER has launched the New Principles for Responsible Innovation document. The document is an open call for comments, with particular interest and questions about the following aspects of RI:

1. Purpose – is it realistic to think that such a voluntary initiative will have a useful role as we have envisaged it? If yes or no, it would be helpful to know why.

2. Content – Are there gaps or duplications or structures which you think are unhelpful? Do you have suggestions on how that could be improved?

3.Effectiveness – How do you think this would be best implemented? Do you agree with our concept of Radical Transparency being the tool for all stakeholders to access the information of their choice in place of armies of verifiers, or is this just unrealistic?
The main aims of the project are to Generate positive momentum for transformative innovation for social good and Create shared expectations to help build trustworthiness & confidence, and there are several ways in which any interested parties can contribute.

The document is available here, and we would urge readers to have their say by replying to Hilary in person through the email link contained within it.

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