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BUSINESS
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
1. _____ are the people who work directly within the business.
1. External stakeholders
2. Shareholders
3. Internal stakeholders
2. When a business makes decisions, which group outside of
the business is af fected in some way?
1. Customers
2. Employees
3. Owners
3. When a company decides it will cut vacation time and
increase production hours, which stakeholders will be most
directly impacted?
1. Industry associations
2. Employees
3. Competitors
WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS?
Employees To be treated fairly, to be paid fairly, to be kept To work effectively, to turn up for work on
informed time
Suppliers To be paid on time, to be informed of any To provide good quality products meeting the
potential changes in orders in the future set specifications at the time set
Government To be paid taxes, to have businesses obey the To protect businesses, customers, employees
law and the environment
Lenders To be repaid promptly and on time Not to charge excessive interest rates or to
withdraw loans without a reasonable period
of notice
The local To live in an area that is free from excessive To cooperate with the business in its daily
community noise or other forms of pollution, to have a say activities
in decisions which impact on the local
community and to benefit from employment
CASE STUDY: GOLD FIELDS GHANA
ENGAGES STAKEHOLDERS
STAKEHOLDERS
THE INTERACTION BET WEEN A BUSINESS’S
DECISIONS OR ACTIONS AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS
Accountability
the extent to which an individual or a group is held responsible for a
decision or a policy
Social responsibility
the philosophy under which businesses consider the interests of all
groups in society as a central part of their decision -making
THE SHAREHOLDER CONCEPT