24 Managing CSR Communication
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Dennis Schoeneborn
Abstract
In this chapter we elaborate on how corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies and practices both produce and are produced by CSR communication. We outline three main characteristics of CSR communication as a particular form of management communication, that is, CSR communication’s institutionalized, contested, and moralized character. From this basis, we derive key theoretical and practical implications for CSR-related management communication. We structure our considerations along three different orientations: (1) communication from the top-down (e. g., a firm’s aspirational talk), (2) communication from the bottom-up (e. g., internal activism), and (3) communication around the organization (e. g., how to develop resonance capacities for the multiplicity of external/societal voices). The chapter closes with a brief conclusion and outlook in which we address the need for further research on the actionability, consequentiality, and bindingness of CSR communication.
Abstract
In this chapter we elaborate on how corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies and practices both produce and are produced by CSR communication. We outline three main characteristics of CSR communication as a particular form of management communication, that is, CSR communication’s institutionalized, contested, and moralized character. From this basis, we derive key theoretical and practical implications for CSR-related management communication. We structure our considerations along three different orientations: (1) communication from the top-down (e. g., a firm’s aspirational talk), (2) communication from the bottom-up (e. g., internal activism), and (3) communication around the organization (e. g., how to develop resonance capacities for the multiplicity of external/societal voices). The chapter closes with a brief conclusion and outlook in which we address the need for further research on the actionability, consequentiality, and bindingness of CSR communication.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface to the Handbooks of Applied Linguistics Series V
- Contents VII
- Introducing 1
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Part I: Practices of management communication
- 1 Speaking 27
- 2 Writing 47
- 3 Deciding 69
- 4 Creating by communicating 87
- 5 Networking 105
- 6 Controlling and resisting 123
- 7 Tweeting 143
- 8 Documenting 161
- 9 Posting 177
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II. Forms of management communication
- 10 Strategizing 195
- 11 Leading 213
- 12 Planning and designing 231
- 13 Routinizing 247
- 14 Branding 263
- 15 Managing communication 279
- 16 Mentoring 295
- 17 Counseling 313
- 18 Developing organizations 335
- 19 Accounting 355
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Part III: Contexts of management communication
- 20 Managing communication in multilingual workplaces 373
- 21 Exploring and analyzing linguistic environments 389
- 22 Managing high reliability organizations 409
- 23 Building communities 427
- 24 Managing CSR Communication 443
- 25 Rating social and environmental performances 459
- 26 Managing in hospitals 477
- 27 Crowdsourcing 493
- 28 Managing and being managed by emotions 511
- 29 Changing through communication 529
- About the contributors 549
- Index 559
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface to the Handbooks of Applied Linguistics Series V
- Contents VII
- Introducing 1
-
Part I: Practices of management communication
- 1 Speaking 27
- 2 Writing 47
- 3 Deciding 69
- 4 Creating by communicating 87
- 5 Networking 105
- 6 Controlling and resisting 123
- 7 Tweeting 143
- 8 Documenting 161
- 9 Posting 177
-
II. Forms of management communication
- 10 Strategizing 195
- 11 Leading 213
- 12 Planning and designing 231
- 13 Routinizing 247
- 14 Branding 263
- 15 Managing communication 279
- 16 Mentoring 295
- 17 Counseling 313
- 18 Developing organizations 335
- 19 Accounting 355
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Part III: Contexts of management communication
- 20 Managing communication in multilingual workplaces 373
- 21 Exploring and analyzing linguistic environments 389
- 22 Managing high reliability organizations 409
- 23 Building communities 427
- 24 Managing CSR Communication 443
- 25 Rating social and environmental performances 459
- 26 Managing in hospitals 477
- 27 Crowdsourcing 493
- 28 Managing and being managed by emotions 511
- 29 Changing through communication 529
- About the contributors 549
- Index 559
