Stakeholder Politics: Social Capital, Sustainable Development, and the Corporation

by Robert Boutilier

The war is over. The largest corporations in the world are now committed to sustainability. But, behind the public relations gloss, corporate executives and managers are perplexed. The majority of them have a genuine desire to work in an ethical and sustainable manner. Yet, when they engage with their stakeholders for that purpose, they unexpectedly encounter a world of hardball politics full of hostile activists, self-interested elites and unpredictable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906093156
• ISBN13: 9781906093150
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"