RT Article
T1 The Stakeholder Theory and the Common Good
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 17
IS 9
SP 1093
OP 1102
A1 Argandoña, Antonio
LA English
YR 1998
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785610872
AB The theory of the social responsibility of the firm oscillates between two extremes: one that reduces the firm's responsibility to the obtainment of (the greatest possible) profit for its shareholders, and another that extends the firm's responsibility to include a wide range of actors with an interest or "stake" in the firm. The stakeholder theory of the social responsibility of business is more appealing from an ethical point of view, and yet it lacks a solid foundation that would be acceptable to a variety of schools of thought., In this paper I argue that the stakeholder theory could be founded on the concept of the common good. First, I explain the foundations of the theory of the common good, the concept itself, how it relates to the individual good, and its role in the firm. Following that, I explain how the theory of the common good could be applied to the stakeholder theory. Finally, I draw some conclusions.
K1 Stakeholder Theory
K1 Common Good
K1 Stake
K1 Social Responsibility
K1 Economic Growth
DO 10.1023/A:1006075517423