R. Edward Freeman
Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia’s Darden School, originator of stakeholder theory and author on business ethics, strategy, and purpose.
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Jan 27, 2026 • 1h 6min
What Complex Organizations Do to Ethics | Ed Freeman
R. Edward Freeman, Darden professor and originator of stakeholder theory, reframes business as networks of relationships. He explores how organizational systems create ethical outcomes. Short takes cover legitimacy and managerial responsibility. He contrasts ethics and strategy, explains stakeholder mapping, and urges moral imagination over trade-offs.
