Evaluating a company’s stakeholder relationships

How do companies go about their business operations and the relationships they have with various stakeholders?

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Stakeholders can include a company’s customers, employees, suppliers, host communities, and even the natural environment and society broadly.

Questions to ponder:

What experience with a company made you a customer for life, or caused you to never want to shop there again?
During the pandemic (or at any time), did you or someone you know have an excellent or awful work experience? What’s the best (or worst) company culture you’ve ever experienced, and how did that impact your life and work?
Have you ever been shocked when a company uncovered a human rights violation in their supply chain (e.g., child labor, “blood diamonds”)?
Is there a company that has shaped or impacted your hometown or another community you care about, for better or worse?
Is there an environmental issue that’s close to your heart in which businesses can have an impact?
  1. customers
  2. employees
  3. suppliers
  4. host communities
  5. the environment

Connecting Your Passion to Your Portfolio Series

Part I: Products and Services
How are the “goods and services” a company offers doing good for society or serving customers well?
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Part II: Stakeholder Relationships
How do companies go about their business operations and the relationships they have with various stakeholders?
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Part III: Integrating Your Values
How do your own personal values relate to money, business, and the world around you?
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