In 1984, R. Edward Freeman published his landmark book, Strategic Management: A
Stakeholder Approach, a work that set the agenda for what we now call stakeholder theory …

In the decades since R. Edward Freeman first introduced stakeholder theory, which views
firms in terms of their relationships to a broad set of partners, the stakeholder approach has …

A quick look at what is happening in the corporate world makes it clear that the stakeholder
idea is alive, well, and flourishing; and the question now is not “if” but “how” stakeholder …

For the last 30 years a growing number of scholars and practitioners have been
experimenting with concepts and models that facilitate our understanding of the complexities …

The term stakeholder is a powerful one. This is due, to a significant degree, to its conceptual
breadth. The term means different things to different people and hence evokes praise or …

Though there is clearly a “family resemblance” to the work that is typically done under its
bailiwick, stakeholder theory continues to resist precise circumscription. Like the …

A number of tensions have been suggested between stakeholder theory and strategic
management (SM). Following a brief review of the histories of stakeholder theory and …

Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach was first published in 1984 as a part of the
Pitman series in Business and Public Policy. Its publication proved to be a landmark moment …

The stakeholder perspective has provided a rich forum for a variety of debates at the
intersection of business and society. Scholars gathered for two consecutive years, first in …

The purpose of this chapter is to examine an approach to both business and business ethics
that has come to be called “stakeholder theory.” While there is disagreement among …