This paper examines the type and temporal development of language in the process of corpo-rate responsibility (CR) standardization. Previous research on CR standardization has ad-dressed the proliferation and organizational embedding of material practices but neglected the analysis of underlying...

Purpose: Extant research on CSR communication primarily relies on a transmission model of communication that treats organizations and communication as distinct phenomena. This approach has been criticized for neglecting the formative role of communication in the emergence of organizations. In...

1. Organization as communication in the light of other theories -- 2. Organization as communication and related concepts : institutions, routines, leadership -- 3. Organization as strategic versus emergent communication -- 4. Epilogue

In this paper we discuss the strengths and limitations of Niklas Luhmann's systems theory as a theoretical lens for studying organisations. We outline the main contributions of his work to contemporary organisation studies: the differentiation between social and psychological logics, the...