Stakeholder Theory

by ZAKHEM, ABE J.PALMER, DANIEL E.

• ISBN13: 9781591025269
• ISBN10: 1591025265
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2007-07-17
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

This valuable collection will serve as the standard reference source for research into stakeholder theory, the dominant framework for analysing ethical issues within the field of business ethics, for years to come.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Introduction	p. 15
The Origins of Stakeholder Theory	p. 23
Management's Responsibility in a Complex World	p. 26
Our Changing Concept of the Corporation	p. 32
Strategic Management in a Kibitzer's World	p. 40
Stockholders and Stakeholders: A New Perspective on Corporate Governance	p. 48
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 56
Normative Foundations	p. 59
The Stakeholder Theory of the Corporation: Concepts, Evidence, and Implications	p. 62
Managing for Stakeholders	p. 71
Stakeholder Theory and a Principle of Fairness	p. 89
Feminist Ethics as a Moral Grounding for Stakeholder Theory	p. 96
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 108
Normative Controversies	p. 111
The Normative Theories of Business Ethics: A Guide for the Perplexed	p. 115
A Fiduciary Argument against Stakeholder Theory	p. 124
Upping the Stakes: A Response to John Hasnas on the Normative Viability of the Stockholder and Stakeholder Theories	p. 134
Getting Real: Stakeholder Theory, Managerial Practice, and the General Irrelevance of Fiduciary Duties Owed to Shareholders	p. 141
What Stakeholder Theory Is Not	p. 151
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 160
Stakeholder Identity	p. 163
Toward a Theory of Stakeholder Identification and Salience: Defining the Principle of Who and What Really Counts	p. 166
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Identification of Stakeholders	p. 179
Morality and Strategy in Stakeholder Identification	p. 191
The Primordial Stakeholder: Advancing the Conceptual Consideration of Stakeholder Status for the Natural Environment	p. 202
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 217
Applications 1: Stakeholder Theory at Work in the Corporate Domain	p. 219
Gaining Goodwill: Developing Stakeholder Approaches to Corporate Governance	p. 222
A Stakeholder Model for Implementing Social Responsibility in Marketing	p. 235
Corporate Social Responsibility Communication: Stakeholder Information, Response, and Involvement Strategies	p. 247
The Body Shop Values Report-Towards Integrated Stakeholder Auditing	p. 258
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 267
Applications 2: Extending Stakeholder Theory	p. 269
Business Ethics, Stakeholder Theory, and the Ethics of Healthcare Organizations	p. 273
Stakeholder Management for Conservation Projects: A Case Study of Ream National Park, Cambodia	p. 284
Stakeholder Champions: How to Internationalize the Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda	p. 294
Re-engineering the Business Curriculum: A Stakeholder Paradigm	p. 304
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 311
Bibliography	p. 313
List of Contributors	p. 349
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