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If you were a corporation who would you pay
attention to?
Milton Friedman’s Stockholder Model
“The Social Responsibility of Business is to Maximize Profits” (1971)
How's That Shareholdery-Valuey Stuff Working Out for Ya?
The purpose of a corporation is to maximize shareholder wealth. And a corporation's board of directors' chief fiduciary responsibility is to shareholders.
These are plain and simple facts — and have been so forever. Right?
No, and no, actually.
The Stakeholder Model
Appeals to utilitarian considerations of overall well-being + individual rights
Requires management to achieve balance
Who are stakeholders?
People and groups that affect or can be affected by an organization’s decisions, policies, and operations
Benefits v. risks
Primary + Secondary
Primary stakeholders are critical to company’s existence and activities
Secondary stakeholders are those people/groups that are affected directly or indirectly by a company’s primary activities and decisions
•Secondary DOES NOT = less important
Corporation
Stockholders
CustomersCustomers
EmployeesEmployeesCommunitiesCommunities
GovernmentsGovernments
EducationalInstitutionsEducationalInstitutions
ThePoorThePoor
FutureGenerationsFuture
Generations
Earth’sBiosphereEarth’sBiosphere
ReligiousGroupsReligiousGroups
PoliticalParties
PoliticalParties CreditorsCreditors
PoliticalInterestGroups
PoliticalInterestGroups
TradeAssociationsTrade
Associations
SuppliersSuppliers
MediaMedia
CompetitorsCompetitors
UnionsUnions
PrimaryStakeholders
SecondaryStakeholders
Prioritize your stakeholders
The Stakeholder Paradox
An ethical problem will still exist whether or not management takes a
strategic or multi-fiduciary position.
Some Problems and Concerns
Institutionalizing/Implementing
Conflicts between stakeholder groups
Efficiency
Turns the regulation of the market excessively inward
Not practical
But…
It helps rule out alternatives and can be tested in the marketplace.
Maybe it is practical enough?
For next class
Read Vermilion Iron Mining case Take assessment Interview questions due by 10pm