Sharplin (1983) identifies many such stakeholders, including the following:

Ordinary (equity) shareholders

Preference shareholders

Trade creditors

Holders of unsecured debt securities

Holders of secured debt securities

Intermediate (business) customers

Final (consumer) customers

Suppliers

Employees

Corporate managers

Past employees

Retired employees

Competitors

Neighbours

The immediate community

National society

World society

Organisational strategists

The chief executive

The board of directors

Government

Special interest groups

Q: Taking each of the stakeholder groups identified by Sharplin (listed on the previous page) in turn, give examples of actions by a company that could cause groups to become aggrieved, their likely retaliatory responses, and the impact of those responses on the organisation?