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    Challenges→Stakeholder theory is more accommodating of prosocial activity by firms than shareholder primacy

    A theory that cannot guide action in cases of stakeholder conflict is not more accommodating of prosocial activity but merely more permissive of managerial discretion.

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    • 1.Theories enabling prosocial action must provide decision criteria; vagueness merely shifts responsibility to individuals without guidance.
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    • 2.Managerial discretion without constraints risks instrumentalizing stakeholder interests for self-interested ends, undermining genuine prosocial commitment.
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    • 3.A theory's value lies in its practical applicability; permissiveness that avoids hard choices abandons its normative responsibility.
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    • 1.Prescriptive rigidity in conflict cases may produce worse outcomes than allowing contextual judgment by those with local knowledge.
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    • 2.Distinguishing 'prosocial guidance' from 'permissive discretion' requires knowing which outcomes are actually prosocial—a question theories legitimately disagree on.
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    • 3.Some stakeholder conflicts lack determinate solutions; theories acknowledging this honestly may be more trustworthy than those claiming false precision.
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