Stakeholder Theory and “The Corporate Objective Revisited”: A Reply

Anant K. Sundaram () and Andrew C. Inkpen ()
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Anant K. Sundaram: Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, 15249 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, Arizona 85306
Andrew C. Inkpen: Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, 15249 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, Arizona 85306

Organization Science, 2004, vol. 15, issue 3, 370-371

Abstract: Freeman et al. (2004) offer a spirited rebuttal to our paper “The Corporate Objective Revisited” from the perspective of stakeholder theory. However, they fall short in making a case against the logic of shareholder value maximization. The authors confound issues of “value” and “values,” ignore the rich history of scholarship on related questions, and perhaps misinterpret some of our core arguments. Most importantly, proponents of stakeholder views such as Freeman et al. appear to be unable to go beyond critiques of the shareholder view by failing to offer an empirically supportable alternative theory.

Keywords: shareholder value; stakeholder theory; corporate goal; corporate governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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