An Overview of Business
Ethics
Chapter 2
Stakeholder
Relationships,
Social
Responsibility and
Corporate
Governance
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Relationships and Business
Building effective relationships is one of the most important areas of business today
Business ethics is a team sport and few
decisions are made by only one individual
Stakeholder framework
Helps identify internal and external
stakeholders
Helps monitor and respond to needs, values, and expectations of stakeholder groups
Corporate governance
The formal system of accountability and
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Stakeholders Define
Ethical Issues in Business
Stakeholders: Those who have a stake or claim in some aspect of a company’s products, operations, markets, industry, and outcomes
Customers
Investors
Employees
Suppliers
Government agencies Communities
The relationship between companies and their stakeholders is a two-way street
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Stakeholder
Theory
Three approaches to stakeholder theory
Normative
Principles and values help identify ethical
guidelines that dictate how to treat stakeholders Descriptive
Focuses on actual behavior, addressing
decisions and strategies in stakeholder relationships Instrumental
Examines stakeholder relationships and
describes outcomes for particular behaviors
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Identifying
Stakeholders
Primary stakeholders: those whose continued association is absolutely necessary for a firm’s survival
Employees, customers, investors,
governments, and communities
Secondary stakeholders: do not typically engage in transactions with the firm and are not essential to a firm’s survival Media, trade associations, and special
interest groups
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The Stakeholder
Interaction Model
Source: Adapted from Isabelle Maignan, O. C. Ferrell, and Linda Ferrell, “A Stakeholder Model for
Implementing Social Responsibility in Marketing.” European Journal of Marketing 39 (2005): 956–977.
Used with permission.
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A Stakeholder
Orientation
The degree to which a firm
understands and addresses stakeholder demands
Involves activities that facilitate and maintain value with stakeholders Generation of data about stakeholder
groups
Distribution of that information
Responsiveness of the organization as a whole © 2015 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license