... rights only Internet CSR communication Gamification Serious games Encouraging individuals to learn about sustainability and subsequently, to change their behavior, has traditionally been a challenging conundrum for corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability research...

.... Design/methodology/approach The paper explores transparency in relation to CSR, CSR reporting, the internet, and activism and describes how their confluence produces pseudo‐panopticon. Findings The paper finds that the pseudo‐panopticon allows corporations to claim transparency in CSR communication...

... in the interviews with representatives of Amnesty. To investigate the online communication by HWR and Amnesty a content analysis of their respective internet sites and Facebook and Twitter pages was conducted (for the web addresses see Tables I and II). The aim was to monitor how both organizations utilize...

... never measured internet communication using the four models, the researchers created original scales to measure their web performance. Findings The research reveals that both corporations and non‐profits have strong preferences for using one‐way communication on their web sites. However, both groups...

...Manuel Castelo Branco; Catarina Delgado; Cristina Sousa; Manuel Sá Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the internet and annual reports as media of intellectual capital disclosure (ICD) and analyse its determinants. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines ICD on the internet...

... the literature about brand communities. Then, we study how the internet has made possible the development of communities in a virtual environment. Thirdly, we analyse in detail the Coca‐Cola virtual community developed in Spain. Finally, we discuss the consequences and the effectiveness of this strategy...

... to their stakeholders is of vital importance. The communication function, therefore, is a key element in the management of corporate responsibility. The internet has revealed itself to be a powerful communication tool for the achievement of this function, even though companies have not been able to explore all of its...

...Harold Hassink; Laury Bollen; Michiel Steggink Purpose In previous studies it remains unclear whether the internet is an effective mechanism for developing a symmetrical and interactive communications process that is initiated by the investor rather than the company. The purpose of this paper...

...Michael B. Goodman; Constance Kampf Purpose This paper seeks to analyze strategies used to communicate CSR to public audiences via the internet in Maersk and WalMart in order to examine the influence of national culture from the headquarters of each of these global corporations. The purpose...

...Kristin Fjeld; Mike Molesworth Purpose This paper aims to promote better understanding of how the internet is used as part of crisis communication. Design/methodology/approach The internet may be changing the way PR operates in a crisis. It has been reported that the web has a significant role...

... such disclosure with similar disclosure in annual reports. Design/methodology/approach Examines social responsibility information disclosure on the internet by Portuguese banks in 2004 and compares the internet and 2003 annual reports as disclosure media using content analysis. Findings Banks...

...M. Iqbal Khadaroo Purpose To compare the internet reporting practices of Malaysian listed companies with those in Singapore. To examine the implications of web technology for business reporting and the challenge it poses for standard‐setting bodies. Design/methodology/approach A standard web...

...Catherine Gowthorpe This paper reports the results of a recent research study into the use of the Internet for communicating corporate financial information to stakeholders. Senior officers in a sample of smaller listed companies in the UK were interviewed about their use of the Internet...

... provide us with an opportunity to understand the way that an online group responds to an organisation's attempt to stop them from undertaking certain activities. Internet Communities Data handling Communications In this paper we investigate how an online group reacts to attempts...

...Check Teck Foo Everyday a plethora of fresh, new corporate logos floods the Internet. Yet how people perceive such visuals is but very little understood. Here, the visual impacts of design complexity as embedded in corporate e‐logos are investigated empirically. Contrary to widely held beliefs...

...Claire Marston Financial reporting on the Internet is an activity that has increased in recent years. This paper reports the results of a survey of Internet reporting by the top 99 Japanese companies in 1998. It was found that the majority of these companies (78) had a Web site in English...

... 2002 Internet Children Influence Perception New Zealand A New Zealand Government review of broadcasting policy, including a proposed ban on advertising around children’s television programmes (see Labour Party, 1999, p. 5) was announced in late 1999. The proposed ban appears...

...Tiziano Vescovi Describes how an Italian university business school (CUOA) is collaborating with a group of ten small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to develop Internet communication strategies. The work in common outlined some typical problems affecting SMEs in their approach to Internet...

...‐oriented, responsive and sophisticated (Maddox et al., 1997), companies may believe that some type of Web site presence is necessary. Bush et al. (1998) found that 78 per cent of the companies indicated that they had integrated the Internet with their marketing strategy. However, only 41...

... a confidential message is received, the sender should be respected and the message should not be forwarded to others (Sabath, 1996). © MCB UP Limited 1999 Internet Communication technology Electronic mail The need to communicate – to achieve shared meanings – is an innate imperative...