Even today when speaking with “regular” staff as
well as with management it often happens that
nobody knows what a stakeholder is. Even more
so why a stakeholder is important and how should
a stakeholder be treated.
Starting from the definition of a stakeholder will hopefully help companies realize that there does not exist a single business out there without a large group of
stakeholders.
Truth is that such lack of knowledge is unforgivable, especially nowadays when consumer communities become more and more prominent and
require more and more from companies.
A stakeholder is an individual or a group
of people (it can also be an institution, an
interest organization, NGO, regulatory
institution, etc.) who has an vested interest in or is in some way dependable on
certain entity (a company, an organization, the state, etc.).
Therefore this article will discuss who a stakeholder is and why we cannot pretend that our
company does not have any legitimate stakeholders.
A vested interest is to be understood
broadly as an investment of trust, money,
time, assets, etc. Normally, when talking
about individuals/groups with vested interest it is meant one of the following relationship types:
Professional Mapping
Strategy Development
Regular Updates
Monitoring and Quality Control
Business Partnerships
Comprehensive Analysis
Employee-employer relationship
Consumer-company relationship
Owners and Investors
Supply Chain
Dependent stakeholders on the other
hand are such individuals and group that
are in some way affected or in a position
to possibly get affected by the company’s
operations. Such stakeholders can be:
Consumers
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Local Community
Employees
Owners and investors
Supply Chain
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