Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking 2

Foreword Dr Andreas Pohlmann, Chief Administrative Officer, Celanese AG Introduction Sandra Sutherland Rahman, Framingham State College, USA, Sandra Waddock, Boston College, Carroll School of Management, USA, Joerg Andriof, Celanese AG, Germany; Warwick Business School, UK, and Bryan Husted, ITESM/Instituto De Empresa, Mexico Part I: Stakeholder communication and relationship management1. Stakeholder discourse and critical-frame analysis: the case of child labour in Bangladesh Sandra Sutherland Rahman, Framingham State College, USA 2. Are you talking to me? Stakeholder communication and the risks and rewards of dialogue Andrew Crane, University of Nottingham, UK, and Sharon Livesey, Fordham University, USA 3. Talking for change? Reflections on effective stakeholder dialogue Jem Bendell, Lifeworth.com 4. Stakeholder influences in developing a sustainability culture within the UK biotechnology sector Aharon Factor, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark 5. Power and social behaviour: a structuration approach to stakeholder networks Stephanie Welcomer, University of Maine, USA, Philip L. Cochran, Smeal College of Business, USA, and Virginia W. Gerde, University of New Mexico, USA 6. State of the union: NGO-business partnership stakeholders Jonathan Cohen, AccountAbility, UK 7. Stakeholders for environmental strategies: the case of the emerging industry in radioactive scrap metal treatment Bruce W. Clemens and Scott R. Gallagher, James Madison University, USA 8. Re-examining the concept of "stakeholder management" Michael E. Johnson-Cramer, Boston University School of Management, USA, Shawn L. Berman, Santa Clara University, USA, and James E. Post, Boston University School of Management, USA 9. Stakeholders and conflict management: corporate perspectives on collaborative approaches Julia Robbins, independent consultant, Canada 10. Managing corporate stakeholders: subjecting Miles's 1987 data-collection framework to tests of validation James Weber, Duquesne University, USA, and David M. Wasieleski, University of Pittsburgh, USA Part II: Stakeholder performance and reporting11. Approaches to stakeholder performance and reporting: an investor's perspective. Investigating how sustainable companies deliver value to shareholders Michael J. King, Innovys, UK 12. Top managers and institutional stakeholders: a test of two models of adaptation and performance Michael V. Russo, University of Oregon, USA, and Frank C. Schultz, Michigan State University, USA 13. A comparative study of stakeholder-oriented social audit models and reports Jane Zhang, University of Sunderland, UK, and Ian Fraser and Wan Ying Hill, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK