A range of perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), such as ownership theory and stewardship theory, which derive from various disciplines such as law, economics, political science and systems thinking, will be introduced early in the course. The concept of stakeholders will be explained, and the process of stakeholder analysis, involving the identification of the expectations and concerns of stakeholder groups, such as consumers, NGOs, activist groups, employee unions, labour movement organizations, and legislators, will be explained and illustrated, with reference to contemporary public and social issues that are directly associated with the actions of one or more business enterprises. The course will thus examine stakeholder perspectives on selected issues such as: harmful additives in food; cigarette advertising; the slimming, fitness and body image industries; ‘phishing’ and identity theft; resource depletion; air, sea and land pollution; development of underprivileged communities; child labour; and employee health and safety. Actual and potential governmental policies concerning selected public and social issues involving business will be debated. Examples of the CSR policies and practices of various local and international companies will be examined, and the course will envisage possible directions for CSR.