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A theory of corporate responsibility to race (CRR): communication and racial justice in public relations

Nneka Logan

Journal of Public Relations Research2021https://doi.org/10.1080/1062726x.2021.1881898article
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Abstract

This article introduces the theory of the corporate responsibility to race (CRR). It holds that corporations should communicate in ways that advocate for racial justice, attempt to improve race relations, and support achieving a more equitable and harmonious society. Corporations have this responsibility to race because they have historically perpetuated and profited from racial oppression, making corporations contributors to, and benefactors of, racial injustice. However, recently corporations have been using their platforms to speak against racial injustice in an effort to improve race relations. CRR theory provides a new way to readily identify, understand, contextualize, theorize and analyze corporate communication about race. Although CRR emerges from a Unites States perspective, and as a public relations concept, it has global applications in any place where racial difference leads to oppression, and it has analytical value in any field where organizational resources can be leveraged to fight oppression.

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@article{nneka2021,
  title        = {{A theory of corporate responsibility to race (CRR): communication and racial justice in public relations}},
  author       = {Nneka Logan},
  journal      = {Journal of Public Relations Research},
  year         = {2021},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/1062726x.2021.1881898},
}

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