Guest editorial. From business and society to business for society : coming (back) to a sounder relation between knowledge and organization
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In this paper, the authors argue that criticisms of a society dominated and pervaded by business matters as well as the promoters of a totally-managed-as-business society share the same blind spot concerning the possible dialectic or dialogic relations between business and society.Abstract:
Business and management have been instilled so much in contemporary minds that, maythey be perceived positively or negatively, their interplay with society has become self-evident. Indeed, criticisms of a society dominated and pervaded by business matters as wellas the promoters of a totally-managed-as-business society share the same blind spotconcerning the possible dialectic or dialogic relations between business and society. [...]read more
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Toward a Theory of Stakeholder Identification and Salience: Defining the Principle of who and What Really Counts
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