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stakeholder responsibility  

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  • The primary focus of stakeholder theory has been the proposition that firms have a moral responsibility to take into account the interests of stakeholders other than just stockholders. Given the focus on the corporation within organization studies, this emphasis in theorizing is understandable. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Stakeholder Responsibility]

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