Stakeholder
Who are your stakeholders? Identify at least four specific stakeholders or
stakeholder groups. What are their values? Why do they think this issue is important?
What do they have to gain or lose? What is their goal regarding your topic? How are
their positions similar or different from one another? Look at this topic from their various
perspectives and examine what these voices have to say.
Write: Write an essay where you carefully and thoughtfully analyze this topic
through the viewpoints of the stakeholders involved.
○ Introduction: In your introduction you should give a thorough overview of
the topic. Give background information, history, and context to the issue.
Identify the main points of conflict or debate. Finally, identify the
stakeholders you will discuss in the body paragraphs.
○ Body: Explain the stakeholders and their positions. Devote at least one
paragraph to each stakeholder’s position. Explain who they are, what they
have at stake, and why the topic is significant to them.
○ Body: Analyze the stakeholders. How are the stakeholders’ positions
similar and different? What are the connections between the stakeholders?
Why are they similar and different? What makes this topic so complex?
○ Conclusion: Add your voice to the conversation. Synthesize the
information you present in your body paragraphs. In your assessment,
what is the future of this topic?
