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    If shareholder primacy accommodates prosocial activity in... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Stakeholder theory is more accommodating of prosocial activity by firms than shareholder primacy

    If shareholder primacy accommodates prosocial activity instrumentally, the difference between the two theories is narrower than the claim implies.

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    • 1.Both theories ultimately justify prosocial activity when it serves long-term value creation, making motivational differences secondary.
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    • 2.Instrumentalizing prosocial activity achieves identical real-world outcomes regardless of whether it's framed as duty or profit maximization.
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    • 3.If shareholder primacy's constraints on prosocial action are functionally permissive in practice, theoretical distinctions lack practical bite.
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    • 1.Instrumental accommodation still prioritizes shareholders over other stakeholders, making the theoretical distance fundamentally structural, not narrow.
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    • 2.When instrumental conditions disappear, shareholder primacy withdraws prosocial support while stakeholder theories maintain normative commitment.
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    • 3.The theories differ crucially on whether prosocial activity is optional (instrumental) or obligatory (intrinsic), a morally significant distinction.
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