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Critically discuss the assertion that shareholders' interests should not take priority over the interests of all other stakeholders.
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IBO2002AS2: Strategic Business Analysis Anthony Silk (20079491) Critically discuss the assertion that shareholders' interests should not take priority over the interests of all other stakeholders. In modern day business, companies tend to fall into one of the following categories; those which are shareholder driven and believe that it is their mission to maximise shareholder wealth, or those which are stakeholder driven and attempt to also satisfy the needs of the organisations other stakeholders such as employees, customers, suppliers, governments and labour unions. In the USA, businesses have been overwhelmingly shareholder driven for the last 15 years, with virtually all Directors of publicly traded companies acknowledging that creating value for shareholders is a key corporate objective. Alternatively, in countries such as Japan and Germany, many companies are successfully managed using stakeholder centred methods. The argument as to whether modern companies should be shareholder or stakeholder driven is therefore one that provokes much debate and...
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