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Babik, K. & Kihl, L. (2009). Stakeholder management and corporate social responsibility in professional sport. 2009 North American Society for Sport Management Conference.

Retrieved from http://www.nassm.com/files/conf_abstracts/2009-080.pdf.

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The research investigation discussed here involves management and corporate social
responsibility in sports. The study presented is designed to determine the effect of Major League
Baseball (MLB) participation and hosting of community programs, on participants' views of and
appreciation for MLB. According to Babiak & Kihl (2009), there is little available literature on the
views of various stakeholders toward professional sports teams, regarding corporate social
responsibility.

Both executives and participants of the Rookie League and Reviving Baseball in the Inner
Cities programs were interviewed, regarding their perceptions about MLB, with respect to the
programs offered. The hypothesis is that corporate social responsibility programs such as those
mentioned serve to maintain, if not increase positive perceptions of professional sports teams.
This is based on the stakeholder theory, which assumes that the level of concern for stakeholders
determines whether a sports organization is considered successful or unsuccessful, in social
responsibility efforts.

The authors cite several pieces of literature to support the notion that stakeholder interest
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