English
Starting with Libaert’s (2014) assessment of the low informational value that can be attributed to institutional communication about corporate social responsibility (CSR), we explore the social and moral constructs that inform the discursive mix in use in this context. Borrowing from the discourses of diplomacy and advertising enables organizations to position themselves, with varying degrees of success, as the inescapable crossing points for conservation of the environment and human rights.
Keywords
- CSR
- institutional communication
- discourse
- intertextuality