Corporate social responsibility: the natural environment as a stakeholder?

Damien Bazin and Jerome Ballet

International Journal of Sustainable Development, 2004, vol. 7, issue 1, 59-75

Abstract: Societal responsibility is a much discussed topic today. However, this concept has undergone several developments. Currently, it is based on the theory of "stakeholders". Nevertheless, this approach becomes complicated when we take a company's responsibility vis-Ã -vis nature into account. This paper treats this problem and proposes a new interpretation of the stakeholder theory. The distinction between the interest in achieving a particular goal through a certain action and the interest in carrying out the action itself is at the heart of our discussion.

Keywords: anthropocentrism; bio-ontocentrism; company; nature; responsibility; stakeholders; corporate social responsibility; environment. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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