Developing an organisation with a culture of responsibility ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory and ethical frameworks and social and environmental responsibility Inria is an organisation that promotes and supports scientific and entrepreneurial risk-taking. However, the Institute must pay greater attention to developing a culture of responsibility, with a strong focus on ethics. The recently-created Legal Affairs Department is part of this and its scope is set to be extended, particularly at centre level. Among the factors contributing towards the development of a culture of responsibility, Inria must establish a code of ethics similar to those adopted by major interna- tionally-renowned institutions. Similarly, the Operational Committee for the Assessment of Legal and Ethical Risks will continue to operate, with the necessary resources allocated and steps taken to ensure that follow-up on recommendations takes place. Inria will also develop a code of ethics in which it will reaffirm the collective and managerial values, to which the staff will adhere and which they will commit to promoting through their actions. The Institute will continue with its current training and aware- ness-raising schemes on the subject of ethics and research integrity. It will set up a transparent procedure for responding to instances where research integrity that complies with industry best practice has been found to be lacking. In a more general sense, it will make a commitment to promoting an environment that is conducive to research integrity, chiefly through the develop- ment of open science (1.4.4), laying the groundwork for honest, reproducible science. The Institute will also prioritise the information system security policy (to be incorporated into a wider security initiative) and the data protection policy, which is compatible with the new regulatory frameworks (with the impact of the GDPR). The same level of attention will be paid to protecting scientific and technical potential. Lastly, an internal unit will be set up in order to promote actions relating to social and environ- mental responsibility, such as reducing the Institute’s carbon footprint, and, in a more general sense, responsible scientific practise that is in keeping with societal aspirations for sustainable development. MILESTONE 20 EACH YEAR FROM 2020 ONWARDS, INRIA WILL PRESENT TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE ACTIONS IT HAS TAKEN TO REDUCE ITS CARBON FOOTPRINT.
