Transparency and Neoliberal Logics of Corporate Economic and Social Responsibility

The Handbook of Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 252-275

  Nadesan, Majia Holmer ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate level financial transparency, cornerstone of market hypothesis; Dangers of laissez faire and the keynesian challenge; Ethical trading and human rights; Securities and exchange commission (SEC); Security mechanism or risk reduction device; Transparency and neoliberal logics of CSR; Transparency and the "free market"; Transparency on environmental issues, labor issues; Transparency, a hot topic in public relations; Transparency, mechanism ensuring orderly and efficient markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886084318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118083246.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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