The strategic function of argumentative moves in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports

Gâţă, Anca

doi:10.1075/aic.9.17gat

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Scrutinizing Argumentation in Practice
Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen
[Argumentation in Context 9] 2015
► pp. 297–312

The strategic function of argumentative moves in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports

Anca Gâţă | “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati

A CSR report may be viewed as part of a virtual critical discussion in which the company acts as a protagonist claiming that their behaviour is responsible towards society. Social actors may be represented as virtual antagonists in the critical discussion who (virtually) doubt or critique this standpoint. This paper presents several argumentative moves used in CSR reports to build a better image of the business and persuade various audiences that the company acts responsibly towards society.

Keywords: adjudication, appeal to emotions, argumentative move, audience demand, critical discussion, CSR report, organizational rhetoric, pragma-dialectics, strategic maneuvering

Published online: 30 October 2015

https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.9.17gat

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