IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bbl/journl/v28y2025i4p227-241.html

Corporate digital responsibility and cloud computing adoption: An alignment analysis in the EU context

Author

Listed:
  • Sann Thawdar Htoo
  • Hana Kopackova

Abstract

Cloud computing is a transformational and rapidly evolving digital technology that enables driving innovation, scalability, and operational efficiency across various industries. Despite its benefits, the widespread adoption of cloud services presents complex ethical, social, and environmental challenges that organizations must address to ensure responsible and sustainable digital transformation. This study aims to develop a systematic approach to cloud adoption by integrating corporate digital responsibility (CDR) principles into strategic decision-making processes. Through a qualitative methodology, the research investigates and maps the key benefits and challenges of cloud adoption to the core dimensions of CDR, including environmental sustainability, data protection, inclusiveness, and digital governance. The resulting framework bridges the gap between technological advancement and corporate accountability by guiding organizations in adopting cloud technologies in a way that is both effective and ethically grounded. The findings highlight significant differences in prioritizing responsibility-related topics across European countries, with particular attention to environmental concerns, regulatory readiness, and cultural values. These differences suggest that national contexts are critical in shaping how responsible digital practices are understood and implemented. The study contributes to both theoretical understanding and practical application by offering a structured tool for decision-makers who aim to align cloud adoption with broader societal and environmental objectives. The proposed framework offers practical value for organizations seeking to integrate innovation with ethical and sustainable principles. By addressing the full spectrum of social, environmental, and governance considerations, this research provides meaningful insights for decision-makers, policymakers, and scholars working to advance responsible digital practices across diverse European settings.

Suggested Citation

  • Sann Thawdar Htoo & Hana Kopackova, 2025. "Corporate digital responsibility and cloud computing adoption: An alignment analysis in the EU context," E&M Economics and Management, Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Economics, vol. 28(4), pages 227-241, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bbl:journl:v:28:y:2025:i:4:p:227-241
    DOI: 10.15240/tul/001/2025-4-015
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2025-4-015
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.15240/tul/001/2025-4-015?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    JEL classification:

    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
    • F55 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Institutional Arrangements

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bbl:journl:v:28:y:2025:i:4:p:227-241. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Vendula Pospisilova (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/hflibcz.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.