Assignment:
Case Study: Shareholders or Stakeholders?
Article Review and Critique
Review below three articles:
The Dumbest Idea in the World: Maximizing Shareholder Value
The Shareholders vs. Stakeholders Debate
Profits without prosperity
Create a three pages (typewritten and double-spaced), critique the articles, considering the following:
1. The source of the contents (is the information from a reputable source, or is the information mostly an individual author's opinion?)
2. The objective of the firm - value maximization (according to our textbook)
3. The strengths and weaknesses of each article - cite excerpts as examples
4. The similarities and differences among the three articles (how they are alike and different - compare and contrast) - use examples
5. Which article you valued/liked the best, and thought reflected your personal values, and why?