Interrogating the Communicative Dimensions of Corporate Social Responsibility

The Handbook of Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 489-504

  Thøger Christensen, Lars ^a,b   Cheney, George ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Broader question of intentionality; Communication, an important dimension of organizing; Communicative dimensions of CSR; Conflict between talk and action and modes of communication; Defining and shaping meaning of CSR; Dialogue, responsiveness and responsibility; Ethical concern for public good and organizational practices; Leeway to organizations, experimenting with CSR communication; Responsible communication in arena of CSR; Studying CSR communication "in its own right"

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885961708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118083246.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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