# kaal:claim:2922176-026

**Claim.** The use of legalese and substantial involvement of the legal department in corporate communications substantially damages the originality and authenticity of those communications, making them mediated and less effective.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- corporate communications intended to build trust and dialogue with stakeholders

**Source quote.**

> The use of legalese and any substantial involvement of the legal department in corporate communications can have a substantial detrimental effect on the originality and authenticity of corporate communications, making them mediated and less effective.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, *The ‘Unmediated’ and ‘Tech-Driven’ Corporate Governance of Today's Winning Companies* (2017), V.1. Unmediated Corporate Communication, page 32

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, The ‘Unmediated’ and ‘Tech-Driven’ Corporate Governance of Today's Winning Companies (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2922176

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**Failure mode.** legal mediation of communication  (family: disclosure-ineffectiveness)

**Topics.** reputation

**Keywords.** corporate-communication, legalese, authenticity, trust

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