Companies‟ Ethical Commitment –An Analysis Of The Rhetoric In CSR Reports

This paper investigates rhetoric applied in 80 Corporate Social  Responsibility (CSR) reports in 2005. A taxonomy of five distinct rhetorical strategies for describing the purpose of CSR is applied; Agency (profit), Benefit (collective welfare), Compliance (laws and contracts), Duty (duties), and Et...

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Main Authors: Caroline D. Ditlev-Simonsen, Søren Wenstøp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sebelas Maret University 2011-06-01
Series:Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting
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Online Access:http://isea.icseard.uns.ac.id/index.php/isea/article/view/55