Analysis of Dayton Hudson Corporation Case

In the case of Dayton Hudson Corporation, the company fell into a situation of a hostile takeover attempted by the Dart Group in 1987. At that time, Kenneth Macke was the CEO of the Dayton Hudson Corporation and sternly disagreed with letting the company fall into the hands of the Haft's. Macke's decision on what could be done to terminate the takeover turned the circumstances over to the hands of the state of Minnesota where Dayton …

…responsible for the people. While corporations should do their part and give back to the community the employees and the stakeholders, I do feel that government is the "end all be all." I think that business' major stakeholders are the employees, the communities, the managers and the stockholder because they all play a significant roll in the existence of the business and should be treated with the loyalty that they have given to the company.