ISO 26000 (2010)

„Stakeholders in an organization are the individuals and groups who are depending on the firm in order to achieve their personal goals and whom the firm is depending for its existence.“
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AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard (2015)

„Stakeholders are those groups who affect and/or could be affected by an organisation’s activities, products or services and associated performance. This does not include all those who may have knowledge of or views about an organisation.“
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Mervyn King, Leigh Roberts (2013)

„A stakeholder is any group or individual who can significantly impact or influence a company, or conversely can be impacted or influenced by the company’s operations, products and services.“
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Eric Rhenman (1964)

„Stakeholders in an organization are the individuals and groups who are depending on the firm in order to achieve their personal goals and whom the firm is depending for its existence.“
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R. Edward Freeman (1984)

„Any group or individual that can affect or is affected by the achievement of a corporation’s purpose.“
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Stanford Research Institute (1963)

„Those groups without whose support the organization would cease to exist.“
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