Stakeholder Engagement, Knowledge Problems and Ethical Challenges

• Published in: Journal of business ethics Vol. 175; no. 1; pp. 75 - 94
• Main Authors: Mitchell, J. Robert, Mitchell, Ronald K., Hunt, Richard A., Townsend, David M., Lee, Jae H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Ambiguity; Business and Management; Business Ethics; Challenges; Education; Ethical dilemmas; Ethics; Genetically altered foods; Interest groups; Knowledge; Management; Original Paper; Philosophy; Public health; Quality of Life Research; Stakeholders; Uncertainty; United States > US; Ethical challenges; Uncertainty and knowledge problems; Stakeholder engagement

In the management and business ethics literatures, stakeholder engagement has been demonstrated to lead to more ethical management practices. However, there may be limits on the extent to which stakeholder engagement can, as currently conceptualized, resolve some of the more difficult ethical challe...