By Ling Hui
KUCHING, March 9: Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR) must be advocated into corporate practices and operating models among the Sarawak government-linked companies (GLCs) and statutory bodies, for Sarawak to be in line with the Post Covid-19 Development Strategy (PCDS 2030).
Premier of Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said CDR will expedite Sarawak’s levels of sustainability and integrity by utilising data in an ethical manner to increase productivity, build customer trust and design high-value products, services and experiences.
Other than enhancing Sarawak’s ecological footprint of digitalisation and acting as a safeguard to strategic assets, the people, and conserving the environment, he said CDR also addresses the aspect of threats cybersecurity, an issue that is becoming increasingly important, given that almost all essential public services and private information are now online.
“As such the digital transformations and initiatives need to be articulated responsibly across the financial, operating processes, and governance. Simply because we cannot achieve the result and aspirations of the 21st century by using 20th-century approaches.
“A balance between innovation and financial compliance must be met to achieve our PCDS 2030 strategic goals from the context in the ease of doing business and making Sarawak an investment destination of choice,” he said during the closing ceremony of the Digital Leadership Forum held in Kuala Lumpur today.
To explain CDR, Abang Johari said it is a set of shared values and norms guiding an organisation’s operations with respect to the creation and operations of digital technology and data.
It was a key focal area of discussion among the corporate global community during the 2nd German-Baltic Digital Summit in Munich last October, he said.
“CDR means active involvement in shaping the digital transactions and operations on the basis of ethical principles.
“For instance, companies need to commit to enabling digital self-determination, setting clearly defined limits on data use, and providing customers with comprehensive and transparent information on the scope, intent, and purpose of their data gathering,” he added.
Abang Johari’s text speech was read by Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas as the former was unable to attend the ceremony in person due to a recent Covid-19 infection.
Among other dignitaries present were Sarawak State Financial Secretary Dato Sri Wan Lizozman Wan Omar, Sarawak State Attorney General Dato Sri Talat Mahmood Abdul Rashid, SCOPE chairperson and Sarawak Deputy State Secretary (Performance and Service Delivery Transformation) Datu Dr Sabariah Putit. — DayakDaily
