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 drawn increasing attention as a model for ethical business. Edited by Freeman, alongside other leading scholars...

Quine once wrote that quot;sentences do not confront the tribunal of experience alone.quot; And, he might have added, quot;nor do arguments and theoriesquot;. Sentences, as well as arguments and theories, always import their background conditions and related theories with them. Context plays a...

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 scorn from a wide variety of scholars and practitioners. Such breadth of interpretation, though one of...

Marguerite Schneider (2002), 'A Stakeholder Model of Organizational Leadership', Organization Science, 13 (2), March-April, 209-20 -- R. Edward Freeman and Robert A. Phillips (2002), 'Stakeholder Theory: A Libertarian Defense', Business Ethics Quarterly, 12 (3), July, 331-49 -- Richard A. Wolfe...