Purpose: This paper aims to explore how stakeholders are voluntarily granted influence in corporate decision making. Design/methodology/approach: The stakeholder governance practices of 46 companies were explored in a multiple comparative case analysis, drawing on publicly available sources....

There is increasing pressure from societies for corporations to become more responsible. Against this background, corporate responsibility (CR), which aims at integrating financial with ethical, social, and environmental aspects in management, has been a concept of growing interest. Research has...

This empirical paper explores mechanisms by which stakeholders are granted a voice in corporate decision-making processes. A systematic analysis of stakeholder engagement of 51 companies participating in UK's Business in the Community's Corporate Responsibility Index is presented, showing the...

Purpose: This paper describes the emerging practice of Joint‐Management‐Stakeholder‐ Committees (JMSCs) in which corporate executives take decisions in collaboration with stakeholders.Design/methodology/approach: To identify firms involving stakeholders in their governance arrangements, we...