Rationality and Rhetoric in the Corporate World: The Corporate Annual Report as an Aristotelian Genre

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Author(s): Robert White , Dallas Hanson

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Keywords: Genre, Rhetoric, Rationality, Annual Reports, Amcor

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ISSN (Print): 0810-9028

ISSN (Electronic): 1470-1030

Publication date (Print): September 2000

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Issue: 3

Pages: 303-317

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Henriques Irene and Sadorsky Perry. . 1996. . 'The determinants of an environmentally responsive firm: An empirical approach'. . Journal of Environmental Economics and Management . , Vol. 30:: 381––95. .
Nagy Robert A. and Obenberger Robert W.. 1994. . 'Factors influencing individual investor behaviour'. . Financial Analysts Journal . , Vol. 50:: 63––68. .
Marino Arthur J.. . 1995. . 'Separating your annual report from the herd'. . Public Relations Quarterly . , Vol. 40((2)): 44––47. .
Aristotle. . 1991. . The Art of Rhetoric . , Edited by: Lawson-Tancred Hugh. . London : : Penguin. .
Henriques Irene and Sadorsky Perry. . 1999. . 'The relationship between environmental commitment and managerial perceptions of stakeholder importance'. . Academy of Management Journal . , Vol. 42((1)): 87––99. .
Gouldner Alvin W.. 1955. . 'Metaphysical pathos and the theory of bureaucracy'. . American Political Science Review . , Vol. 49:: 496––507. .
D'Aveni Richard A. and MacMillan Ian C.. 1990. . 'Crisis and the content of managerial communications: A study of the focus of attention of top managers in surviving and failing firms'. . Administrative Science Quarterly . , Vol. 35:: 634––57. .
Fiol C. Marlene. . 1995. . 'Corporate communications Comparing executives' private and public statements'. . Academy of Management Journal . , Vol. 38:: 522––36. .
Kabanoff Boris and Holt John. . 1996. . 'Changes in the espoused values of Australian organizations 1986-1990'. . Journal of Organizational Behaviour . , Vol. 17:: 201––19. .
Gross Alan G.. 1990. . The Rhetoric of Science . , p. 10––11. . Cambridge , MA : : Harvard University Press. .
Bazerman Charles. . 1994. . “'Systems of genres and the enactment of social intentions'. ”. In Genre and the New Rhetoric . , Edited by: Freedman Aviva and Medway Peter. . p. 79––101. . London : : Taylor & Francis. .
Miller Carolyn R. . 1994. . “'Genre as social action'. ”. In Genre and the New Rhetoric . , Edited by: Freedman Aviva and Medway Peter. . p. 23––42. . London : : Taylor & Francis. .
Fiol C. Marlene. . 1989. . 'A semiotic analysis of corporate language: Organizational boundaries and joint venturing'. . Administrative Science Quarterly . , Vol. 34:: 277––303. .
Bowman Edward H. . 1984. . 'Content analysis of annual reports for corporate strategy and risk'. . Interfaces . , Vol. 14:: 61––71. .
Ind Nicholas. . 1997. . The Corporate Brand . , London : : Macmillan Business. .
Harvey David. . 1989. . The Conation of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change . , Oxford : : Blackwell. .
Bettman James R. and Weitz Barton A.. 1983. . 'Attributions in the board room: Causal reasoning in corporate annual reports'. . Administrative Science Quarterly . , Vol. 28:: 165––83. .
Salancik Gerald R. and Meindl James R.. 1984. . 'Corporate attributions as strategic illusions of management control'. . Administrative Science Quarterly . , Vol. 29:: 238––54. .
Hinks D. A. G.. 1944. . 'Tisias and Corax and the invention of rhetoric'. . The Classical Quarterly . , Vol. 34:: 61––69. .
Moss Roger. . 1982. . “'The case for Sophistry'. ”. In Rhetoric Revisited . , Edited by: Vickers Brian. . p. 207––24. . Binghamton , NY : : Centre for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies. .
Perelman Chaim. . 1970/1979. . “'The new rhetoric: A theory of practical reasoning'. ”. In The New Rhetoric and the Humanities: Essays on Rhetoric and its Application . , p. 1––42. . Dordrecht : : D. Reidel. .
Useem Michael. . 1996. . Investor Capitalism: How Money Managers are Changing the Face of Corporate America . , New York : : Basic Books. .

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[1] Simon Herbert A.. 1978. . 'Rationality as process and as product of thought'. . American Economic Review . , Vol. 68:: 1––16. .

[2] Henriques Irene and Sadorsky Perry. . 1996. . 'The determinants of an environmentally responsive firm: An empirical approach'. . Journal of Environmental Economics and Management . , Vol. 30:: 381––95. .

[3] Nagy Robert A. and Obenberger Robert W.. 1994. . 'Factors influencing individual investor behaviour'. . Financial Analysts Journal . , Vol. 50:: 63––68. .

[4] Marino Arthur J.. . 1995. . 'Separating your annual report from the herd'. . Public Relations Quarterly . , Vol. 40((2)): 44––47. .

[5] Aristotle. . 1991. . The Art of Rhetoric . , Edited by: Lawson-Tancred Hugh. . London : : Penguin. .

[6] Henriques Irene and Sadorsky Perry. . 1999. . 'The relationship between environmental commitment and managerial perceptions of stakeholder importance'. . Academy of Management Journal . , Vol. 42((1)): 87––99. .

[7] Gouldner Alvin W.. 1955. . 'Metaphysical pathos and the theory of bureaucracy'. . American Political Science Review . , Vol. 49:: 496––507. .

[8] D'Aveni Richard A. and MacMillan Ian C.. 1990. . 'Crisis and the content of managerial communications: A study of the focus of attention of top managers in surviving and failing firms'. . Administrative Science Quarterly . , Vol. 35:: 634––57. .

[9] Fiol C. Marlene. . 1995. . 'Corporate communications Comparing executives' private and public statements'. . Academy of Management Journal . , Vol. 38:: 522––36. .

[10] Kabanoff Boris and Holt John. . 1996. . 'Changes in the espoused values of Australian organizations 1986-1990'. . Journal of Organizational Behaviour . , Vol. 17:: 201––19. .

[11] Gross Alan G.. 1990. . The Rhetoric of Science . , p. 10––11. . Cambridge , MA : : Harvard University Press. .

[12] Bazerman Charles. . 1994. . “'Systems of genres and the enactment of social intentions'. ”. In Genre and the New Rhetoric . , Edited by: Freedman Aviva and Medway Peter. . p. 79––101. . London : : Taylor & Francis. .

[13] Miller Carolyn R. . 1994. . “'Genre as social action'. ”. In Genre and the New Rhetoric . , Edited by: Freedman Aviva and Medway Peter. . p. 23––42. . London : : Taylor & Francis. .

[14] Fiol C. Marlene. . 1989. . 'A semiotic analysis of corporate language: Organizational boundaries and joint venturing'. . Administrative Science Quarterly . , Vol. 34:: 277––303. .

[15] Bowman Edward H. . 1984. . 'Content analysis of annual reports for corporate strategy and risk'. . Interfaces . , Vol. 14:: 61––71. .

[16] Ind Nicholas. . 1997. . The Corporate Brand . , London : : Macmillan Business. .

[18] Harvey David. . 1989. . The Conation of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change . , Oxford : : Blackwell. .

[19] Bettman James R. and Weitz Barton A.. 1983. . 'Attributions in the board room: Causal reasoning in corporate annual reports'. . Administrative Science Quarterly . , Vol. 28:: 165––83. .

[20] Salancik Gerald R. and Meindl James R.. 1984. . 'Corporate attributions as strategic illusions of management control'. . Administrative Science Quarterly . , Vol. 29:: 238––54. .

[21] Hinks D. A. G.. 1944. . 'Tisias and Corax and the invention of rhetoric'. . The Classical Quarterly . , Vol. 34:: 61––69. .

[22] Moss Roger. . 1982. . “'The case for Sophistry'. ”. In Rhetoric Revisited . , Edited by: Vickers Brian. . p. 207––24. . Binghamton , NY : : Centre for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies. .

[23] Perelman Chaim. . 1970/1979. . “'The new rhetoric: A theory of practical reasoning'. ”. In The New Rhetoric and the Humanities: Essays on Rhetoric and its Application . , p. 1––42. . Dordrecht : : D. Reidel. .

[24] Useem Michael. . 1996. . Investor Capitalism: How Money Managers are Changing the Face of Corporate America . , New York : : Basic Books. .

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