Topic > General Electric Case Study - 1118

“We regularly work with hundreds of customers, regulators, non-governmental organizations, academics, government agencies and other partners to identify emerging problems and develop collaborative solutions” (Sustainability, 2016). GE says; “their employees are closest, at all levels of the organization, to customers, partners and communities as part of their work responsibilities and volunteer initiatives” (Sustainability, 2016). This makes all the different stakeholders at different levels valuable. There are internal and external stakeholders who can be; individual stakeholders who could be investors, shareholders or any consumer with a non-monetary or monetary status involved with the company. Direct stakeholders are attentive to the day-to-day activities of the company, such as the people who work for the company, while indirect stakeholders would be people such as customers who might purchase the products produced by a company. For example; a hospital from which he could purchase an MRI machine