Science Research Management ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (11): 8-15.
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Su Yi, Wang Wenjing
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Abstract: The transformational and complex technological development around the world has brought about some innovation ethical problems in the application of technology. The rapid development of many new and high technologies is actually a double-edged sword while promoting development, innovation will also bring a series of negative impacts on nature and society. Responsible innovation is a process that engages the public and all stakeholders in innovation research and attention should be paid to social expectations and potential impacts. It is known to all that conducting relevant research can effectively alleviate people′s concerns about technology safety. This concept not only emphasizes the significant driving effect of scientific and technological progress on world development, but also advocates the guiding and controlling role of innovation subjects on the direction of scientific and technological development, so as to enable scientific and technological innovation to be embedded in society in an appropriate way. Under the guidance of this concept, some social problems and ethics are no longer the restraints of scientific research innovation and technological progress. Only "innovation" under the escort of "responsibility" can be an important driving force to promote social and economic development in an all-round way. With the rise of China, it has become a challenge to the hegemony of the United States, who has implemented a series of sanction policies against China. To some extent, the technological decoupling between China and the United States has prompted China to develop high-tech innovation more efficiently, while responsible innovation can provide a new perspective to promote China′s innovation and development. By sorting out previous literatures,we found that there is no consensus on the concept and connotation of "responsible innovation" in the academic circle at present, but scholars from various countries have carried out relevant research on "responsible innovation" from multiple perspectives, hoping that the research conclusions can provide reference for practical problems, or enrich the connotation of "responsible innovation". This paper summarizes relevant studies into four dimensions: responsible innovation participants, conceptual methods, case applications and existing problems. On this basis, combined with the national innovation-driven development strategy, the "dual circulation" strategy, and the current technology decoupling between China and the United States, this paper puts forward some constructive suggestions on the future development of responsible innovation from the perspectives of macroscopic-national, meso-industry and industry. The paper points out that: at the meso level, the establishment of a healthy industry ecology requires enterprises to make their voices heard, thus enabling planning, building and maintenance completed together. Responsible innovation can encourage representative enterprises to take a leading role in promoting industrial development, industrial upgrading and regional economic prosperity. At the same time, enterprises undertaking the national responsibility to study "neck sticking" technology may face the problem that a large amount of research and development investment may not produce any satisfactory results, or after any results are achieved, the implementation of foreign technology opening policy cannot achieve the expected benefits, thus affecting the normal production and operation of enterprises. At this time, the government needs to take measures. At the macro level, responsible innovation can be responsible to the government. The government formulates corresponding protection and support policies to ensure the normal development of enterprises′ innovation activities, so as to fulfill the government′s "responsibility" for innovation. The enterprises are more active in studying and developing "neck sticking" technology to ensure national security and establish the image of China as a responsible major nation. Therefore, it is very important to conduct further research on responsible innovation in the future. It is necessary for future scholars to further explore the research on responsible innovation at the meso-level and macro-level.
Key words: responsible innovation, sustainable development, tech decoupling, dual circulation
Su Yi, Wang Wenjing. Responsible innovation: A research review and prospect[J]. Science Research Management, 2021, 42(11): 8-15.
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