Freeman, Harrison, Wicks,, Parmar & de Colle – Stakeholder Theory: The State of the Art

R. Edward Freeman, Jeffrey S. Harrison, Andrew C. Wicks, Bidhan Parmar & Simone de Colle – Stakeholder Theory: The State of the Art

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 intervening years, the literature on stakeholder theory has become vast and diverse. This book examines this body of research and assesses its relevance for our understanding of modern business. Beginning with a discussion of the origins and development of stakeholder theory, it shows how this corpus of theory has influenced a variety of different fields, including strategic management, finance, accounting, management, marketing, law, health care, public policy, and environment. It also features in-depth discussions of two important areas that stakeholder theory has helped to shape and define: business ethics and corporate social responsibility. The book concludes by arguing that we should re-frame capitalism in the terms of stakeholder theory so that we come to see business as creating value for stakeholders.

Contents:

List of figures

List of tables

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part I – The genesis of stakeholder theory

1 The problems that stakeholder theory tries to solve

2 The development of stakeholder theory: a brief theory

3 Stakeholder theory: pragmatism and method

Part II – Stakeholder theory and the traditional disciplines of business

4 Stakeholder theory and strategic management

5 Stakeholder theory in finance, accounting, management, and marketing

6 Stakeholder theory in related disciplines

Part III – Stakeholder theory, ethics, and corporate social responsibility

7 Stakeholder theory and business ethics

8 Stakeholder theory and corporate social responsibility

Part IV – Stakeholder theory: some future possibilities

9 Stakeholder theory and capitalism

10 Questions on the horizon

Bibliography

Index

Format: PDF

Length: 363 pages

Published: 2010 by Cambridge University Press

ISBN-13: 9780511676925