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The Interplay Between Silence and Significance: An Analysis of Sustainability Reports

In: Corporate Social Responsibility in Brazil

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  • Ana Cristina Campos Marques

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam
    Lumina Perspectives
    Lumina Perspectives)

Abstract

“Music is the silence between the notes”, Claude Debussy once wrote. It is through silence that we understand what is said. In this study, I have analyzed the meanings of what is not written (silences) in the sustainability reports of the benchmarking organizations on sustainability in Brazil. This analysis was conducted through reflexivity at different levels: the narrative, the antenarrative and the fractal level. It reveals that the silences in these sustainability reports are related to the underlying antenarrative regarding the business case for sustainability. At an even deeper level, this suggests that the antenarrative on the business case for sustainability is related to the fractal narrative regarding the fear of scarcity and the competition for survival. This study offers a call to organizations, researchers and practitioners, that may be trapped in past paradigms and assumptions. It shows that a more fruitful approach would be making time for reflection and introspection on topics like purpose, values and praxis.

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  • Ana Cristina Campos Marques, 2019. "The Interplay Between Silence and Significance: An Analysis of Sustainability Reports," CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, in: Christopher Stehr & Nina Dziatzko & Franziska Struve (ed.), Corporate Social Responsibility in Brazil, pages 77-99, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:csrchp:978-3-319-90605-8_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90605-8_4
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