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Stakeholders’ Dialogue and Engagement

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Responsible Consumption and Production

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Commitment; Interaction; Mutuality; Participation

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“Stakeholder” refers to groups or individuals who have relations with organizations’ objectives. These relations are traditionally recognized by the influence those actors possess on different organizations (Freeman 1984). Through the years, the concept has changed; now, it demonstrates that different groups or individuals possess similar importance in influencing organizations as well as claiming rights and interests regarding their activities (Clarkson 1995; Donaldson and Preston 1995). Regardless of that comprehension, it is still difficult to delimitate who influences each organization.

“Stakeholders’ dialogue and engagement”are defined as a socially constructed process that creates close interactions between a leading-edge organization and its stakeholders to strengthen their relations and contribute to the organization’s sustainability. Although the term refers to the process that begins with exchange...

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  1. Graduate Course in Management, University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil

    Minelle E. Silva

  2. Strategy Pole, La Rochelle Business School, CERIIM, La Rochelle, France

    Minelle E. Silva

  3. Graduate Course in Management, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Simone Alves Pacheco de Campos

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  1. Faculty of Life Science, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Ctr Neurosci & Cell Biology, 1 Floor, Univ Coimbra, Edf Fac Medicina, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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    Morgane M. C. Fritz

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Silva, .E., de Campos, S.A.P. (2019). Stakeholders’ Dialogue and Engagement. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Responsible Consumption and Production. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71062-4_14-1

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