Routledge The Library of Corporate Responsibilities: 5-Volume Set

It is now generally recognized that corporations have ethical obligations that go beyond their legal responsibilities, and that these obligations are owed to a range of ’stakeholders’ other than their own shareholders, such as employees, suppliers, customers, local communities and disadvantaged groups. However, there is considerable disagreement as to how far these obligations go, while the nature and grounding of responsibilities vary enormously with the type of stakeholder in question and the kind of corporations and industries involved.