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stakeholderism

stakeholderism noun: the view that a business should promote the interests of its stakeholders (employees, customers, suppliers etc.), as opposed to only its shareholders.

Noun

stakeholderism (uncountable)

  1. The view that a business should promote the interests of its stakeholders (employees, customers, suppliers etc.), as opposed to only its shareholders.
    • The state ownership of industry, as opposed to public services, would be abandoned, but social partnership and stakeholderism would be advanced as ways of balancing and humanising market relations.2005 August 15, David Clark, “Labour's new divide”, in The Guardian
    • Moreover, since the constitution of crossfunctional projects often involves the participation of actors from both customer and supplier firms, new-style principles of stakeholderism are diffusing along the supply chain.2010, Gary Herrigel, Manufacturing Possibilities […] , OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 224

Synonyms of stakeholderism

Origin of stakeholderism

From stakeholder + -ism.

Questions about stakeholderism

What does stakeholderism mean?
Stakeholderism means the view that a business should promote the interests of its stakeholders (employees, customers, suppliers etc.), as opposed to only its shareholders.
What part of speech is stakeholderism?
Stakeholderism is a noun.

Words near stakeholderism in the dictionary

  1. stakeheads
  2. stakeholder
  3. stakeholder capitalism
  4. stakeholder societies
  5. stakeholder society
  6. stakeholderism
  7. stakeholders
  8. stakeholdership
  9. stakeholderships
  10. stakeholding
  11. stakeholdings

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