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Should We Publish That?: Managing Conflicting Stakeholder Expectations in the Publishing Industry

Should We Publish That?: Managing Conflicting Stakeholder Expectations in the Publishing Industry

Loren Falkenberg, Oleksiy Osiyevskyy
ISBN13: 9781466650718|ISBN10: 1466650710|EISBN13: 9781466650725
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5071-8.ch004
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Falkenberg, Loren, and Oleksiy Osiyevskyy. "Should We Publish That?: Managing Conflicting Stakeholder Expectations in the Publishing Industry." Gamification for Human Factors Integration: Social, Education, and Psychological Issues, edited by Jonathan Bishop, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 52-79. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5071-8.ch004

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Falkenberg, L. & Osiyevskyy, O. (2014). Should We Publish That?: Managing Conflicting Stakeholder Expectations in the Publishing Industry. In J. Bishop (Ed.), Gamification for Human Factors Integration: Social, Education, and Psychological Issues (pp. 52-79). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5071-8.ch004

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Falkenberg, Loren, and Oleksiy Osiyevskyy. "Should We Publish That?: Managing Conflicting Stakeholder Expectations in the Publishing Industry." In Gamification for Human Factors Integration: Social, Education, and Psychological Issues, edited by Jonathan Bishop, 52-79. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5071-8.ch004

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Abstract

As the responsibilities of modern business expand to multiple stakeholders, there is an increased need to understand how to manage conflicting normative expectations of different stakeholders. Corporate responsibilities to stakeholders are based on the need to minimize or correct harm from operations (respect negative injunctions) while contributing to the social welfare of communities the firm operates in (engage in positive duties). By comparing multiple decision scenarios in the traditional and online publishing industry, the chapter explores the tensions that arise between these imperatives. Based on these tensions, the chapter outlines a framework and a practical industry-independent heuristic decision making process, embracing normative expectations, the consequences to a company and to stakeholders, and potential mitigating actions. The proposed heuristic approach allows balancing the tensions among stakeholder expectations to ensure selection of the appropriate alternative. The discussion is finished by pointing out the usefulness and applicability of the proposed heuristics in other industries and settings of the contemporary business environment.

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