scholarly journals Humanizing Stakeholders by Rethinking Business

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katinka J. P. Quintelier ◽  
Joeri van Hugten ◽  
Bidhan L. Parmar ◽  
Inge M. Brokerhof
Keyword(s):  
Labor Unions ◽  
Moral Community ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Moral Consideration ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
Stakeholder Orientation ◽  
Current Business ◽  
Business Orientation

Can business humanize its stakeholders? And if so, how does this relate to moral consideration for stakeholders? In this paper we compare two business orientations that are relevant for current business theory and practice: a stakeholder orientation and a profit orientation. We empirically investigate the causal relationships between business orientation, humanization, and moral consideration. We report the results of six experiments, making use of different operationalizations of a stakeholder and profit orientation, different stakeholders (employees, suppliers, labor unions), and different participant samples. Our findings support the prediction that individual stakeholders observing a stakeholder-oriented firm see the firm’s other stakeholders as more human than individual stakeholders observing a profit-oriented firm. This humanization, in turn, increases individual stakeholders’ moral consideration for the firm’s other stakeholders. Our findings underscore the importance of humanization for stakeholders’ moral consideration for each other. This paper contributes to a deeper understanding of the firm as a moral community of stakeholders. Specifically, we move away from a focus on managers, and how they can make business more moral. Instead we direct attention to (other) stakeholders, and how business can make these stakeholders more moral.

The Judicial Function Under the Constitution: Theory and Practice

1984 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Henry J. Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Labor Unions ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
American System ◽  
Do So

No branch of the American system of government has been at once less understood and more misunderstood than the judiciary. Yet it may well be argued — and I propose to do so — that the so-called “least dangerous branch” (Hamilton's half-truth) is, in the final analysis, the most powerful of the three in its impact upon the nature and character of our constitutional law. Notwithstanding rampant, and indubitably often justified, criticism, it is also seen by the public as both the most trustworthy and the most professional of the three. And incidentally — or not so incidentally — it also ranks high, indeed, in that perception among all visible public and private groups, with Congress consistently bringing up the rear, outranked in the booby realm only by lawyers (what delicious irony!) and labor unions.

Dental faculty and labor unions: the perils of passivity

1977 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 660-665
Author(s):  
JH Oaks ◽  
DM Fox ◽  
JJ Valter
Keyword(s):  
Labor Unions

Addressing the Content Vocabulary With Core: Theory and Practice for Nonliterate or Emerging Literate Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie Witkowski ◽  
Bruce Baker
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Written Communication ◽  
Academic Tasks ◽  
Meaningful Participation ◽  
Core Theory ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
Core Vocabulary ◽  
Personal Success

Abstract In the early elementary grades, the primary emphasis is on developing skills crucial to future academic and personal success—specifically oral and written communication skills. These skills are vital to student success as well as to meaningful participation in the classroom and interaction with peers. Children with complex communication needs (CCN) may require the use of high-performance speech generating devices (SGDs). The challenges for these students are further complicated by the task of learning language at a time when they are expected to apply their linguistic skills to academic tasks. However, by focusing on core vocabulary as a primary vehicle for instruction, educators can equip students who use SGDs to develop language skills and be competitive in the classroom. In this article, we will define core vocabulary and provide theoretical and practical insights into integrating it into the classroom routine for developing oral and written communication skills.

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