R. Edward Freeman Libri

This re-issue celebrates the 25th anniversary of a pivotal study in business ethics by R. Edward Freeman, focusing on the stakeholder approach to strategic management. It aims to introduce a new generation of scholars and students to Freeman's influential ideas, emphasizing the importance of considering all stakeholders in business decision-making. This foundational work continues to shape discussions and practices in the field, making it a vital resource for understanding ethical business strategies.

The stakeholder perspective is an alternative way of understanding how companies and people create value and trade with each other. Freeman, Harrison and Zyglidopoulos discuss the foundation concepts and implementation of stakeholder management as well as the advantages this approach provides to firms and their managers. They present a number of tools that managers can use to implement stakeholder thinking, better understand stakeholders and create value with and for them. The Element concludes by discussing how managers can create stakeholder oriented control systems and by examining some of the important stakeholder-related issues that are worthy of future scholarly and managerial attention.

The Power of And offers a new narrative about the nature of business, revealing the focus on responsibility and ethics that unites today's most influential ideas and companies. R. Edward Freeman, Kirsten E. Martin, and Bidhan L. Parmar detail an emerging business model built on five key concepts.

The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Business Ethics provides clear, concise and highly informative definitions and explanations of the key concepts in one of the most important fields in contemporary business.

The book explores corporate social responsibility through a multi-stakeholder perspective in corporate governance. It delves into various theories, including neo-institutional and stakeholder theories, as well as new rational choice and social contract models. Additionally, it discusses self-regulatory frameworks and soft law approaches, incorporating insights from behavioral economics to provide a comprehensive understanding of the evolving landscape of corporate responsibility.