Ch 5 Stakeholders Flashcards
What are stakeholders?
People or groups of people that are affected by and therefore have an interest in any action by an organisation
Who are the stakeholders?
- Customers
- Suppliers
- Employees
- Local community
- Government
- Managers/Owners
What is the role of customers?
Purchase goods and services => provide revenues for the business
What are the rights of customers?
- To receive goods and services that meet laws regarding health and safety, design and performance
- To be offered replacements, repairs and compensation in the event of failure of the product or service
What are the responsibilities of customers?
- To be honest and pay for goods bought or services received
- Not to steal
- Not to make false claims about poor service or product
What is the role of the supplier?
Supply goods and services to allow the business to offer its products to its own customers
What are the rights of the supplier?
- To be paid on time (either laid down by law or service agreement)
- To be treated fairly (not to have lower prices forced on it)
What are the responsibilities of the supplier?
To supply goods and services in the time and condition as laid down by the purchase contract
What is the role of employees?
Provide manual and other labour services to the business to allow goods and services to be provided to customers
What are the rights of the employees?
- To be treated within the minimum limits as established by the national law
- To be treated and paid in the ways described in the employment contract
- To be allowed to join the trade union
What are the responsibilities of employees?
- To be honest
- To meet the conditions and requirements of the employment contract
- To cooperate with managers
- To observe ethical code of conduct
What is the role of the local community?
Provides local services and infrastructure to the business to allow it to operate, produce, sell within legal limits
What are the rights of the local community?
- To be consulted about major changes that affect it
- Not to have the community badly affected by the business’ activities
What are the responsibilities of the local community?
- To cooperate with the business, on where to built on, expansions and other plans
- To meet reasonable requests from business for local services. e.g. public transport
What is the role of the government?
- Passes laws that restrain aspects of business activity
- Provides law and order to allow legal business activity to take place