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...