RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY IN THE ESG SYSTEM

This paper is devoted to the comprehensive study of the problem of responsible knowledge management and the development of information systems in the conditions of the digital economy from the position of the ESG system. It points to the relevance of the problem of knowledge management in the conditions of modern challenges, characterises processes connected with knowledge management from the position of sustainable development, and points to the potential of information systems and digital technologies from the position of the perspective of intellectual potential development. The methodological framework of the research is comprised of general economic and special research methods. They are founded on the interconnected categories of responsible knowledge management, social responsibility, sustainable development, etc. To justify the offered hypothesis, the methods of correlation & regression analysis and empirical methods of analysis, synthesis, generalisation, and observation were used. The main value of this paper lies in the scientific substantiation of the fact of ambiguity in the assessment of the influence of the processes of sustainable and intellectual development on the economic state of Russia. According to this, the irrationality of financing scientific and innovative developments was established, and the expedience of stimulating the further implementation of information systems and technologies of knowledge management into the practice of companies' activities was determined.