Preface Managers need to manage a wide variety of stakeholder relationships---employees, customers, suppliers, regulators, and investors to name a few. This managing is done in a number of organizational environments, which as you know, include economic, political, technological, and sociocultural contexts. In addition, however, managers are increasingly expected to interact effectively with other organizational stakeholders, such as natural stakeholders, including the air, water, land, plants, and animals we interact with everyday. And, typically accomplishing organizational goals is done in many different natural environments. This module is designed to provide future managers with helpful information about these natural stakeholders and environments.