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Homewonder Ltd: Shareholders Versus Other Stakeholders

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  • Flora Niu
  • Bixia Xu

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Corporate social responsibility involves various economic and social issues. This case presents a dilemma of the trade‐off between economic benefits to shareholders and social benefits to other stakeholders. To respond to recent flat sales growth, as well as serious needs for cost reduction and meeting analysts' expectations, Homewonder Manufacturing Ltd. is considering a strategic plan to expand into Asia. To facilitate this plan, the CEO of the company proposed offshoring and outsourcing some business operations, as well as downsizing the company's current social programs. Various stakeholders will be affected by this plan. This case analysis requires an integration of the shareholder and stakeholder theories of the firm. It provides opportunities for students to consider whether relationships with other stakeholders are a salient corporate strategic concern, and perform costs and benefits analyses arising from this dilemma. Homewonder Ltd. : actionnaires et autres parties prenantes Résumé La responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise fait intervenir divers enjeux économiques et sociaux. L'étude de cas proposée porte sur un dilemme d'arbitrage entre avantages économiques pour les actionnaires et avantages sociaux pour les autres parties prenantes. Pour réagir à la stagnation récente de la croissance des ventes, ainsi qu'à un impérieux besoin de réduire les coûts et de combler les attentes des analystes, Homewonder Manufacturing Ltd. songe à mettre en œuvre un plan stratégique d'expansion en Asie. Pour mieux concrétiser ce plan, le chef de la direction de la société suggère la délocalisation et l'externalisation de certaines activités de l'entreprise, ainsi que le redimensionnement de ses programmes sociaux existants. Le plan envisagé aura des répercussions sur diverses parties prenantes. Cette étude de cas exige l'intégration des théories des actionnaires et des parties prenantes de l'entreprise. Elle fournit aux étudiants l'occasion de s'interroger sur l'importance stratégique des relations de l'entreprise avec ses autres parties prenantes et de réaliser les analyses coûts‐avantages associées à ce dilemme.

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  • Flora Niu & Bixia Xu, 2016. "Homewonder Ltd: Shareholders Versus Other Stakeholders," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(2), pages 139-157, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:accper:v:15:y:2016:i:2:p:139-157
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3838.12093
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