Growing recognition that communication with stakeholders forms an essential element in the design, implementation and success of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has given rise to a burgeoning CSR communication literature. However this literature is scattered across various sub-disciplines...

This chapter critically examines emerging trends in stakeholder and communications theory in order to examine different modes of communication among stakeholder groups. We consider first the impacts of a complex understanding of stakeholder relations on one-way communication models that offer...