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trends and future of sustainable development - TransEco

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Table 4.The top ten stakeholders in the responsibility disclosure by disclosure typeCSR reportsSustainabilitywebpagesPress releasesEc. En. So. Ec. En. So. Ec. En. So.Authority - - - - 9 - - 9 17Board <strong>of</strong> directors 10 17 5 - 7 47 6 25Companies from ownsector34 33 26 10 19 14 75 25 93Consumers - 4 - - - - - 7 -Cooperativecompanies56 31 41 22 31 28 204 97 129Customers 78 34 75 31 53 55 174 12 145Employees 29 26 163 12 16 86 72 - 123Environmentalorganisations- 13 - - 17 - - 8 -EU - 4 - 12 18 - - 8 -Finn - - - - - - - - 25Fisherman - - - - - - - 5 -General meeting - - - - - - 21 - -Internal workinggroup- - 25 6 - 13 21 - -Investors - - - - - - 30 - -Managers 11 - 16 - 8 19 - - 19Non-governmentalorganisations34 40 81 23 29 44 38 32 72Passengers 8 8 - - - - 35 - 61Society 21 11 21 17 14 26 - - -Superiors - - 19 - - 12 - - -Suppliers 6 - - 11 - - - - -Ec.=Economic responsibilityEn. = Environmental responsibilitySo. = Social responsibility- = not in the top tenThe top four is bolded.4. Discussion <strong>and</strong> ConclusionsThe definitions <strong>of</strong> CSR <strong>and</strong> stakeholder differ in the literature. In this paper, the stakeholders are definedas a person or a group <strong>of</strong> persons or an organisation or a group <strong>of</strong> organisations that are mentioned inthe corporate responsibility disclosure. CSR, then again, is described here as company’s responsibility <strong>of</strong>its economic, social <strong>and</strong> environmental actions towards the stakeholders.The aim <strong>of</strong> the paper is to describe the corporate responsibility disclosure <strong>of</strong> the case companiesfrom the point <strong>of</strong> view <strong>of</strong> the stakeholders. Corporate responsibility disclosure (CSR reports,355

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