STAKEHOLDER THEORY: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE; ED. BY MARIA BONNAFOUS-BOUCHER

New standards of corporate behavior have been established in developed countries, obliging them to record information about the "triple bottom line" in their annual reports. It has induced strategic orientations developed by corporations, especially multinational companies. Research about social, environmental and overall ethical behaviour of companies has been developed. The concept of stakeholder has simultaneously gained a kind of "metaphoric evidence". The book comments on the American theoretical foundations of the notion of Corporate Social Responsibility, and more specifically, the concept of the stakeholder, and it defines a European perspective. New standards of corporate behaviour have been established in developed countries, obliging them to record information about the 'triple bottom line' in their annual reports. Corporations, especially multinational companies, have had to develop new strategic orientations. Research on social, environmental and overall ethical behaviour of companies has been developed. The concept of stakeholder has simultaneously gained a kind of 'metaphoric evidence'. In other words, the notion of stakeholder is accepted as such, and is widely used in discussions in and aorund corpoartions, despite the fact its theoretical background is very often ignored. The American references are numerous and dominant in this field, and these references have to be received and discussed by European Academics. The book comments on the American theoretical foundations of the notion of Corporate Social Responsibility, and more specifically, the concept of the stakeholder, and it defines a European perspective Front Matter....Pages i-xiii From Government to Governance....Pages 1-23 An ‘Anglo-American’ Model of CSR?....Pages 24-38 A Liberal Critique of the Corporation as Stakeholders....Pages 39-57 Stakeholder Theory and Normative Approaches....Pages 58-72 Institutional Roots of Stakeholder Interactions....Pages 73-88 Faceless Figures: Is a Socially Responsible Decision Possible?....Pages 89-103 A Stakeholder Perspective of Human Resource Management....Pages 104-124 From Power to Knowledge Relationships: Stakeholder Interactions as Learning Partnerships....Pages 125-147 Corporate Social Responsibility and Stakeholders: Measuring or Discussing?....Pages 148-172 Social Rating: Performance Measurement or Social Mediation?....Pages 173-184 Back Matter....Pages 185-185