"Networked Readiness" Rankings Released
The U.S. relinquished its claim as the top ICT country in the 2006-2007 Global Information Technology Report (GITR), released this week by the World Economic Forum. While remaining in the top tier of countries graded by the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), which "measures the degree of preparation of a nation or community to participate in and benefit from ICT developments," Denmark scored the highest in this year's evaluation.
Berkman Fellow Geoffrey Kirkman, Berkman Managing Director Colin Maclay, and Berkman Affiliate Carlos Osorio all played a central role in the production of the very first GITR in 2001-2002, which is still available online.
This year's full report offers studies on the issues surrounding Networked Readiness, including one by Berkman Executive Director John Palfrey which addresses "Corporate Ethics on a Filtered Internet."
In the report's summary of John's work they note that, "As multinational corporations enter new markets, they come across states that practice sophisticated forms of online censorship and surveillance." It continues, "Palfrey argues that the corporations should call upon the knowledge and goodwill of NGOs, academics, states, and others to help to frame this code of conduct and to make it a meaningful, flexible, and lasting solution."
This is an issue that the Berkman Center continues to have direct involvement with, as a collection of the parties John suggests work to develop a set of international governing principles to protect human rights.
Berkman Fellow Geoffrey Kirkman, Berkman Managing Director Colin Maclay, and Berkman Affiliate Carlos Osorio all played a central role in the production of the very first GITR in 2001-2002, which is still available online.
This year's full report offers studies on the issues surrounding Networked Readiness, including one by Berkman Executive Director John Palfrey which addresses "Corporate Ethics on a Filtered Internet."
In the report's summary of John's work they note that, "As multinational corporations enter new markets, they come across states that practice sophisticated forms of online censorship and surveillance." It continues, "Palfrey argues that the corporations should call upon the knowledge and goodwill of NGOs, academics, states, and others to help to frame this code of conduct and to make it a meaningful, flexible, and lasting solution."
This is an issue that the Berkman Center continues to have direct involvement with, as a collection of the parties John suggests work to develop a set of international governing principles to protect human rights.