Synonyms
Corporate Communication; Corporate Personhood; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Diversity; Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Race; Social Justice
Introduction
The question of what responsibilities corporate persons have to society is addressed in the corporate responsibility to race (CRR) theoretical concept. CRR is defined as “a new form of corporate discourse that uses corporate resources to proactively address racial tensions by illuminating the implications of racial oppression and privilege, giving voice to racial issues and heightening public awareness of racism in order to foster a more just, egalitarian and harmonious society” (Logan 2019, p. 983). This concept was later developed into a theory of corporate communication that maintains CRR “provides a new theoretical avenue to identify, understand, contextualize, theorize, and analyze corporate communications about race” (Logan 2021, p. 7).
The Emergence of CRR
As a theoretical concept, CRR emerged from empirical...
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Logan, N. (2023). Corporate Personhood and Corporate Responsibility to Race. In: Poff, D.C., Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22767-8_1273
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