Corporate responsibility and identity: from a stakeholder to an awareness approach
Heikkurinen, Pasi; Ketola, Tarja (2012)
Heikkurinen, Pasi
Ketola, Tarja
Julkaisusarja
Business Strategy and the Environment
Volyymi
21
Numero
5
Sivut
326-337
wiley
2012
Tiivistelmä
Firms are encouraged to manage their corporate responsibility and identity in accordance with the popular stakeholder theory. Managers are, however, confronted with the complexity of the praxis and related ethical dilemmas, as the expectations of their external stakeholders may be myriad, ambiguous and self-contradictory, or even non-existent in the global and dynamic business contexts. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to (a) review and critically discuss the stakeholder approach in striving for a responsible identity and (b) introduce an alternative approach that can address its inadequacies and shortcomings. The study outlines an alternative theorem, the awareness approach to responsible identity. In the conclusions, the article proposes how firms can adopt a responsible identity that leads to a desired image and reputation, and maps out further research opportunities.
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