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Abstract
In recent years, the stakeholder approach has been widely applied in the debate on corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Although many authors of this approach have reviewed many elements of the model, they have unconditionally accepted several
criteria assumed by Freeman (1984) to identify stakeholders. In general, stakeholder authors have assumed that (a) the company establishes dyadic relationships with other agents, and (b) decisions made by a company only have foreseen and direct effects on other agents. These criteria have enabled researchers to understand simple processes. However, they have also prevented
researchers from explaining how action comes about, and how responsibility is shared, in many complex processes taking place
in contemporary societies. Such complex processes involve many agents, and each decision can generate unexpected effects which
accumulate or disseminate. Furthermore, the normative structure governing these processes can affect and/or be affected by
the actions of agents. In this study, we propose new criteria to expand the stakeholder model and facilitate the study of
CSR in such processes.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-12
- DOI 10.1007/s10551-011-1029-0
- Authors
- Jose Maria Lopez-De-Pedro, C.U. Villanueva, C/ Claudio Coello, 11, 28001 Madrid, Spain
- Eva Rimbau-Gilabert, Department of Economics and Business Science, Open University of Catalonia (UOC), Av. Tibidabo, 39-43, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
- Journal Journal of Business Ethics
- Online ISSN 1573-0697
- Print ISSN 0167-4544