The development of the companies is broken in to seven stages:
*Citizenship Concept- actions of a corporation philanthropic and commercial *Strategic Intent-commitment due to citizenship or reputation *Leadership- “walk the talk” *Structure- “islands” or cross functional committees *Issues Management- responsiveness to citizenship policies. *Stakeholder Relationship- social activist *Transparency- openness of companies records
Each Dimension of Citizenship is then broken out into five citizenship stages: