Mele-Management with Ethics and Social Responsibility英文版本.pdf

Working Paper WP no 658 October 2006 THE INTELLECTUAL EVOLUTION OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Domènec Melé Manuel Guillén IESE Business School – University of Navarra Avda. Pearson, 21 – 08034 Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: (+34) 93 253 42 00 Fax: (+34) 93 253 43 43 Camino del Cerro del Águila, 3 (Ctra. de Castilla, km 5,180) – 28023 Madrid, Spain. Tel.: (+34) 91 357 08 09 Fax: (+34) 91 357 29 13 Copyright © 2006 IESE Business School. IESE Business School-University of Navarra - 1 Electronic copy of this paper is available at: /abstract=960663 THE INTELLECTUAL EVOLUTION OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Domènec Melé* Manuel Guillén** Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the historical development of strategic management through a critical review of the most relevant theoretical proposals, and to consider its links to ethics and corporate social responsibility. From the very beginning of strategic management thought, attempts have been made to fuse ethical aspects, such as the values of senior management or social values or social expectations, to strategic management. More recently, the stakeholder v