According to John Boatright in "What's Wrong -- and What's Right -- with Stakeholder Management," the contractual agreements and legal rules that secure the interests of each input group in a business is known as:

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Boatright defines the mechanisms that secure the interests of each input group as governance. This includes both contractual agreements and legal rules that ensure stakeholders are protected and have a say in business decisions. A) Stockholder management refers specifically to prioritizing the interests of shareholders over other stakeholders, which is not the focus of Boatright's article. B) Transaction cost economics is an economic theory that focuses on minimizing the costs of transactions between parties, which is not directly relevant to the concept of governance. D) Public policy refers to government regulations and actions, which may play a role in shaping governance but is not the same thing as governance itself.