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stakeholder theory

 
 
noun [S] ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT,

Definition

a management theory that considers the interests of people who work, invest, or are involved in a particular business or other activity: Stakeholder theory plays important part in business ethics.
(Definition of stakeholder theory noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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