Stakeholder theory and the corporate objective revisited

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Freeman, RE; Wicks, AC; Parmar, B
• 署名单位: University of Virginia
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1040.0066
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 364-369
• 关键词: STAKEHOLDER THEORY; corporate objectives; separation thesis; VALUE CREATION; Stakeholder relationships

摘要

Stakeholder theory begins with the assumption that values are necessarily and explicitly a part of doing business. It asks managers to articulate the shared sense of the value they create, and what brings its core stakeholders together. It also pushes managers to be clear about how they want to do business, specifically what kinds of relationships they want and need to create with their stakeholders to deliver on their purpose. This paper offers a response to Sundaram and Inkpen's article The Corporate Objective Revisited by clarifying misconceptions about stakeholder theory and concluding that truth and freedom are best served by seeing business and ethics as connected.