Creating Stakeholder Value: New Models of Business in Society

Année du cours : 1 année(s)

Etablissement : IÉSEG School of Management

Langue : English

Période : S1

A basic knowledge of the business ethics theories is necessary to attend this seminar – for example having attended the Business Ethics and Social Responsibility course.

1. Display a critical understanding of Stakeholder theory concepts and strategic management approach
2. Analize case-studies of innovative models of business in society creating value for stakeholders,
such as “social entrepreneurship” and “conscious capitalism”

1 – The problems with the dominant story of business: the critique of Stakeholder Theory (Freeman 1984 and 2010)
2 – The role of manager as stakeholder “equilibrating mechanism” (Venkataraman, 2002)
3 – What is the purpose of the firm? Shareholder or Stakeholder value creation? (based on Lynn Stout 2012, Julie Nelson, 2006)
4 – Becoming a stakeholder entrepreneur (based on Freeman 2010 and Mackey-Sisodia “Conscious capitalism” 2013).