Digitalization aspects in standardization processes
ConPolicy develops strategic concept for DIN consumer council
Nowadays, aspects of digitalization affect almost all products and services. Also, the distinction between products and services has become fluid. Against this background, the DIN Consumer Council, who represents consumer interests in national, European and international standardization, faces the challenge that classical aspects of standardization, like usability or product safety, need to be broadened by requirements brought about by digitalization.
ConPolicy is commissioned to develop a strategic concept for the DIN Consumer Council to cope with digitalization in standardization processes for “classical” products and services. Specifically, the main challenges brought about by digitalization shall be elaborated and organizational implications for the DIN Consumer Council be deducted.
Big Data and consumer protection
ConPolicy presents two reports at ABIDA-conference
How does big data influence societies’ daily life and what challenges exist with respect to the use of big data? These and further questions were discussed at the ABIDA-conference on the 17th and 18th of October 2018 in Berlin.
ConPolicy-director Prof. Dr. Christian Thorun und project manager Dr. Sara Elisa Kettner presented two reports. “Big Data in Public Transport” focused on the attitudes of consumers towards the use and future development of Big Data-based innovations in public transport. The presentation on the report “Big Data and Smart Living” discussed several real-world scenarios from privacy, user-profiling and data security and derived recommendations on the use of big data in smart homes.
New Publication
Digital Ethics – The need for a Corporate Digital Responsibility
Recently the debate about responsible business conduct in the digital world has gained momentum.
In the context of a new publication Prof. Dr. Christian Thorun, Dr. Sara Elisa Kettner (both ConPolicy) and Dr. Johannes Merck (Otto Group) show that citizens expect the state and companies to shape the digital transformation responsibly. In addition, the authors discuss how the concept of Corporate Digital Responsibility can give companies an orientation for their digital actions and how the topic can be brought forward by installing a multi-stakeholder-platform in Germany.
Is it legitimate to influence consumers?
ConPolicy engages in a consumer protection conference of the Tagesspiegel
Are policy-makers entitled to influence the behavior of consumers? How legitimate are behavioral-science based regulatory instruments (so-called nudges)? – These are some of the question that are addressed at today’s consumer protection conference, which is hosted by the German Tagesspiegel.
After a scientific keynote by Prof. Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer (Director of the Harding-Zentrum für Risikokompetenz at the Max-Planck-Institute) Prof. Dr. Christian Thorun (ConPolicy-Director) discussed these questions with Prof. Dr. Gigerenzer, Sara Ryglewski (Spokesperson for consumer policy of the SPD-Fraction in the German Bundestag) and Prof. Dr. Breisach (Professor of Health and Social Management at FOM University of Applied Sciences).
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