The field of corporate communications describes the practices organizations use to communicate as coherent corporate "bodies." Drawing on the metaphor of the body and on a variety of theories and disciplines, Corporate Communications: Convention, Complexity and Critique challenges the idealized notion that organizations can and should communicate as unified wholes. The authors pose important questions such as: Where does the central idea of corporate communications come from? What are the underlying assumptions of most corporate communications practices? What are the organizational and ethical challenges of attempting truly 'corporate' communication?Clearly written with international vignettes and executive briefings, this book shows that in a complex world the management of communication needs to embrace multiple opinions and voices.