Theory, responsibility and engagement

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Foreword R. Edward Freeman Introduction Sandra Sutherland Rahman, Framingham State College, USA, Sandra Waddock, Boston College, Carroll School of Management, USA, Jorg Andriof, KPMG, Germany Warwick Business School, UK, and Bryan Husted, ITESM/Instituto De Empresa, Mexico Part I: Thinking about theory 1. Unfolding engagement Jorg Andriof, KPMG, Germany Warwick Business School, UK, and Sandra Waddock, Boston College, Carroll School of Management, USA 2. Stakeholder thinking: beyond paradox to practicality Kenneth E. Goodpaster, T. Dean Maines and Michelle D. Rovang, University of St Thomas, USA 3. Value maximisation, theory and the corporate objective function Michael C. Jensen, The Monitor Group and Harvard Business School, USA 4. Jensen's approach to theory Duane Windsor, Rice University, USA 5. Reintroducing dynamics in thinking: a negotiated-order perspective Suzanne Beaulieu, Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada, and Jean Pasquero, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada Part II: Stakeholder reponsibility and engagement 6. Towards a managerial practice of engagement: developing multi-stakeholder learning dialogues Stephen L. Payne, Georgia College and State University, USA, and Jerry M. Calton, University of Hawaii-Hilo, USA 7. Stakeholder responsibilities: lessons for managers Duane Windsor, Rice University, USA 8. The Carris Companies: making 100% employee governance the practice. Shifting and citizen rights and responsibilities to the employees Cecile G. Betit, independent researcher, USA 9. The drivers of engagement: reflections on the case of Royal Dutch/Shell Anne T. Lawrence, San Jose State University, USA 10. Stakeholder and corporate responsibilities in cross-sectoral environmental collaborations: building value, legitimacy and trust Dennis A. Rondinelli and Ted London, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, USA 11. Two-way responsibility: the role of industry and its stakeholders in working towards sustainable development Gretchen E. Hund and Jill A. Engel-Cox, Battelle Memorial Institute, USA, Kimberly M. Fowler, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA, and Howard Klee, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland 12. Who cares? Community perceptions in the marketing of corporate citizenship Debra King and Alison Mackinnon, Hawke Institute of Social Research, University of South Australia 13. Citizen advocacy groups: corporate friend or foe? Tamara J. Bliss, Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, USA 14. Public-interest groups as stakeholders: a stakeholder salience explanation of activism James E. Mattingly and Daniel W. Greening, University of Missouri, USA