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Christopher Ramirez

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July 21st ,2023

: Should Politician be stakeholders?

Annotated Bibliography

1. Communicating Moral Responsibility: Stakeholder Capitalism, Types, and

Perceptions.

This study examines how corporations' moral commitments, when not aligned with their

actions, can affect different stakeholders and several types of stakeholder issues in the context of

stakeholder capitalism. The researchers conducted an experiment involving 1296 stakeholders in

the US and analyzed their beliefs of corporate hypocrisy. The results showed that when there is a

mismatch between a company's moral messages and its actions, external stakeholders, such as

consumers, perceive higher levels of hypocrisy compared to internal stakeholders, like

employees. The specific issues related to stakeholder capitalism didn’t significantly change

beliefs of hypocrisy, but these issues themselves directly influenced the perceived level of

hypocrisy. Different stakeholder groups had varying beliefs of hypocrisy for different issues,

with shareholders and workers' issues being viewed as having the highest levels of hypocrisy.

This research aims to shed light on corporate moral responsibility and provide insights for

addressing these inconsistencies and improving stakeholder relations.

2. CLASS CAPITALISM IN A POST-LIBERATION STATE: DEMOCRATIC SOUTH

AFRICA'S BLACK DIAMONDS.

The article acknowledges that digitalization presents significant opportunities for SMEs

(Subject Matter Experts) but emphasizes the need to address the challenges effectively. The
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authors propose that SMEs carefully consider these obstacles and develop strategies to mitigate

them to fully receive help from digitalization. Shifting focus to South Africa, the country's

Constitution has taken strides towards inclusion and equality for marginalized groups.

Nevertheless, the gap between the rich and the poor continues to widen. The study examines the

political climate of class capitalism as a threat to human security, particularly analyzing the

impact of policies aimed at transformation and development, such as South Africa's Broad-Based

Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) policies.

Using intersectional theory, the study explores the challenges faced by individuals due to

race, class, and gender, which are deeply intertwined with power and privilege. The findings

reveal that South Africa's post-liberation era has reinforced class divisions, perpetuating

historical systems and legacies. As a result, there is an unequal distribution of resources, leading

to human security threats like mass poverty, particularly affecting the majority of South

Africans. The research also highlights that capitalism and nationalistic discourses create winners

and losers, with divisions existing across races, classes, and genders in South Africa's emerging

class capitalism. This is especially clear in the limited opportunities and stereotypes faced by

black African females within prevailing power structures and social representations. The study

underscores the urgent need for addressing these issues to achieve a more fair and secure society.

3. Antisemitism and Anti-(International) Capitalism in the Early Thought of Adolf Hitler,

1919-1924.

This is a comprehensive article that explores Adolf Hitler's antisemitism and

anticapitalism, and how these ideologies were central to his worldview. The author argues that

Hitler's fear of international capitalism and "high finance," along with his anxiety about Anglo-

American power, were more significant than his concerns related to socialism, communism, and
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the Russian Revolution in shaping his early preoccupation with "the Jews." The article also

challenges the common belief that Hitler was antisemitic from an early age, saying that there is

no evidence of any antisemitism in Hitler before 1914, and very little for the period before 1919.

The first documented hint of any antisemitism came during the First World War, possibly in

response to the perceived loyalties of German Catholics.

The author further argues that Hitler's antisemitism was profoundly anti-capitalistic,

rather than anti-communist in origin. He believed that Jews were the main controllers of an

"international capitalism" that needed "ever more objects of exploitation." He also saw Jewish

international capitalism and Western democracy as linked, and he believed that National

Socialism was a "new force whose aim could always only be anti-capitalist." The article also

discusses Hitler's evolving attitude toward communism and the Soviet Union, suggesting that he

saw bolshevism not so much as a threat, but as an instrument of international Jewish capitalism

to undermine the workings of national economies and make them ripe for takeover by

international finance capital. The author suggests that Hitler's antisemitism should primarily be

understood in the context of his overarching preoccupation with Britain and the United States,

which he associated with Jews and international capitalism. This belief, once formulated by the

mid-1920s, remained with Hitler throughout the next two decades, with catastrophic

consequences.

4. A comparison of policy and direct practice stakeholder beliefs of factors affecting

evidence-based practice implementation using concept mapping

The authors investigate the differences in beliefs between administrators/policymakers

and those involved in direct practice regarding barriers or facilitating factors to evidence-based

practice (EBP) implementation in a large public mental health service system in the United
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States. The study involved mental health system county officials, agency directors, program

managers, clinical staff, administrative staff, and consumers. They found specific factors

believed to be barriers or easing factors to EBP implementation. The data was analyzed using

multidimensional scaling, cluster analysis, descriptive statistics, and t-tests.

According to the study, opinions of the significance of factors influencing EBP

implementation differed across the two groups. Those taking part in direct practice gave Clinical

Perceptions and the influence of EBP adoption on clinical practice higher scores. Both groups

ranked financial considerations (costs, funds) as the most essential and least likely to change.

The author concludes that EBP implementation is a complicated process, and various

stakeholders may have differing perspectives on the relative importance of EBP

implementation's influence. As a result, to bring divergent and convergent viewpoints to light,

implementation activities must incorporate input from stakeholders at many levels.

5. STAKEHOLDER CAPITALISM AGAINST DEMOCRACY: RELEGITIMISING

GLOBAL NEOLIBERALISM.

Bailey argues that these entities haven’t only survived the crisis but have used it as an

opportunity to further entrench their influence and control over global economic systems. They

have done so by promoting the concept of 'stakeholder capitalism', which blurs the lines between

public and private sectors and advocates for the integration of social and environmental concerns

into business operations. This approach, however, is critiqued to insulate capitalism from

democratic pressures and to keep the economic dominance of capital accumulation over society

and nature.

The article also discusses the G20's promotion of 'inclusive business' as a strategy to

reduce poverty. This strategy, based on the work of C.K. Prahalad, posits that foreign direct
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investment (FDI) can help both big businesses and the poor in emerging markets by

incorporating the latter into the global value chains of MNCs. However, Bailey suggests that this

approach primarily serves the interests of big businesses.

The author closes by suggesting that the provision of basic use values is too vital to be

left to private enterprises driven by exchange value. Instead, he urges for political mobilizations

from below to alter the balance of forces away from capital and away from the replication of

neoliberal globalization.
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Work Cited:
Bailey, Kyle. "STAKEHOLDER CAPITALISM AGAINST DEMOCRACY:
RELEGITIMISING GLOBAL NEOLIBERALISM." Journal of Australian Political
Economy, 2020, Gale Academic, https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?
p=AONE&u=s8460017&id=GALE|A663469441&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-
AONE&asid=51f760e2
Goswami, Saheli, and Gargi Bhaduri. "Communicating Moral Responsibility: Stakeholder
Capitalism, Types, and Perceptions." Sustainability, 2023, Gale Academic,
https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=s8460017&id=GALE|
A741843074&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-AONE&asid=958b772f
Green, Amy E., and Gregory A. Aarons. "A comparison of policy and direct practice stakeholder
perceptions of factors affecting evidence-based practice implementation using concept
mapping." Implementation Science, 2011, Gale Academic, https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?
p=AONE&u=s8460017&id=GALE|A267644386&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-
AONE&asid=e60531e5
Joseph, Juliet. "CLASS CAPITALISM IN A POST-LIBERATION STATE: DEMOCRATIC
SOUTH AFRICA'S BLACK DIAMONDS." Trames, 2023, Gale Academic,
https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=s8460017&id=GALE|
A741243891&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-AONE&asid=7e935fd3
Simms, Brendan. "Antisemitism and Anti-(International) Capitalism in the Early Thought of
Adolf Hitler, 1919-1924." Antisemitism Studies, 2023, Gale Academic,
https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=s8460017&id=GALE|
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