The corporation and its stakeholders : classic and contemporary readings

摘要: There is an active debate over whether the traditional purpose of corporation - to maximize profits and financial value for benefit shareholders can adequately encompass interests all other participants or stakeholders in corporation's activities. Since a cannot operate optimally without support its most important stakeholders, particularly employees customers, finding ways incorporating responsiveness stakeholder needs vital corporate management governance. This anthology designed sharpen about role corporation. The includes such fundamental questions as: Who should be considered stakeholders? Which take into account? How balanced against shareholder objectives (such as profits)? What changes made decision making governance reflect these new interests? collection seminal articles, divided three parts: Shareholders Stakeholders; Morality, Ethics Stakeholder Theory; Theory Management Performance. articles date from 1916 1997, are drawn North American European authors. Managers well researchers will find this presented stimulate their thinking on interests. volume funded part by grant Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.