The Clarkson Principles for Stakeholder Management
Summary
The Clarkson Principles of Stakeholder Management originate from four conferences that were hosted by the Centre for Corporate Social Performance and Ethics in the Faculty of Management [now called: the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics & Board Effectiveness or CC(BE)] between 1993 and 1998. In these conferences, management students gathered to share ideas on stakeholder theory, a then emerging field of study examining the relationships and responsibilities of a corporation to employees, customers, suppliers, society, and the environment. The Clarkson Principles represent an early stage general awareness of corporate governance concerns that have been widely discussed in connection with the business scandals of 2001-2003.