Nonhumans as Stakeholders: a Literature Review

In this thesis, the concept of nonhumans as stakeholders, and the argumentation for or against this conception in academic literature, is approached through a scoping literature review methodology. The scoping review methodology was employed particularly due to its suitability for analysing emerging...

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Päätekijä: Shachat, Madeleine
Muut tekijät: Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2024
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