Exploring Corporations’ Dialogue About CSR in the Digital Era

In this paper, we examined how companies are employing new media to engage in dialogue with their stakeholders about corporate social responsibility (CSR)- related matters. Through a qualitative theory-building study conducted in three stages over a period of 2 years, we discovered that corporations...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Illia, Laura, Romenti, Stefania, Murtarelli, Grazia, Craig E., Carroll, Rodríguez Cánovas, María Belén
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/117128
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117128
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:658.8
CSR
Online
Dialogue
Openness
Communication
Comunicación social
Investigación Comercial
Marketing
Comunicación audiovisual
Investigación en la comunicación
5902.04 Política de Comunicaciones
5910.02 Medios de Comunicación de Masas
5311.05 Marketing (Comercialización)
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Sumario:In this paper, we examined how companies are employing new media to engage in dialogue with their stakeholders about corporate social responsibility (CSR)- related matters. Through a qualitative theory-building study conducted in three stages over a period of 2 years, we discovered that corporations with reputations for CSR have built virtual spaces for dialogue about CSR, but that these spaces remain empty of dialogue. Our theory-building model highlights how the mix of four dialogue processes (i.e. directing, moderating, building open-scripts, and crowd-sourcing multi-dialogue) may allow companies to create open dialogue about CSR initiatives and avoid leaving these spaces empty. Contributions for CSR studies are discussed