Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFM): Shareholders vs. Stakeholders, What’s the Difference?

You can find out a lot about a company and how they operate, and how their employees feel about them, by looking at some simple reviews.

I think that when you see something like Glassdoor’s reporting on The Motley Fool, you see a lot of positive reviews there. If you go to Glassdoor and you see a lot of negative reviews, you have to address that. You have to wonder, “Why is this company creating this environment where people don’t like to be?”

I think that John Mackey at Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) is a great example of someone who has really brought conscious capitalism and looking out for all stakeholders to the forefront for investors, and consequently Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) has done a pretty good job, I think, of creating an environment where employees tend to want to stay.

The article Shareholders vs. Stakeholders: What’s the Difference? originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Jason Moser.

Jason Moser owns shares of Amazon.com. The Motley Fool recommends Amazon.com and Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFM). The Motley Fool owns shares of Amazon.com and Whole Foods Market.

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