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The Nature of Nature as a Stakeholder

Author: Matias Laine

Published in: Journal of Business Ethics | Special Issue 1/2010

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There is a longstanding debate in the stakeholder literature as to who and what really counts as the stakeholders of the firm. Likewise, there have been discussions on whether nature should be considered a stakeholder of the firm. However, one seldom encounters any definitions of the key concepts, that is of nature or the natural environment. We seek to contribute to the debate by taking a closer look at what this thing called nature actually is. In addition, we discuss the implications of this conceptual refinement for the stakeholder model. In order to reinforce the status of the natural environment in the stakeholder model, we propose that any visualisation of a stakeholder network should be embedded in the natural environment.

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Title: The Nature of Nature as a Stakeholder
Author: Matias Laine
Publication date: 01-08-2010
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Journal of Business Ethics / Issue Special Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-0936-4

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