I address an interesting puzzle of how marginalized groups gain self-representation and influence firms’ strategies. Accordingly, I examine the case of access to low-cost HIV/AIDS drugs in South Africa by integrating W. E. B. Du Bois’s work into stakeholder theory. Du Bois’s scholarly work, most notably his founding contribution to Black scholarship, has profound significance in the humanities and social sciences disciplines and vast potential to inspire a new way of thinking and doing research in the management and organization fields, including business ethics research. By drawing on Du Bois’s works, I argue that through reconstruction of their selves—knowing their souls—marginalized groups know their capabilities better, enabling them to overcome their political and strategic limitations and ensure their true self-representation. They are also empowered to use political imagination and strategies of resistance against more powerful opponents. This influences powerful actors to accept the demands of marginalized groups.

我解决了一个有趣的难题，即边缘化群体如何获得自我代表并影响公司的战略。因此，我通过将 W. E. B. Du Bois 的工作整合到利益相关者理论中来研究在南非获得低成本 HIV/AIDS 药物的案例。杜波依斯的学术著作，尤其是他对黑人奖学金的创始贡献，在人文和社会科学学科中具有深远的意义，并具有在管理和组织领域激发新的思维方式和研究的巨大潜力，包括商业道德研究。通过借鉴杜波依斯的作品，我认为，通过自我重建——了解自己的灵魂——边缘化群体能够更好地了解自己的能力，使他们能够克服政治和战略限制，并确保他们真正的自我表现。他们也有权使用政治想象力和抵抗更强大对手的策略。这会影响强大的行为者接受边缘化群体的要求。