This course enables the student to investigate the concept of CSR in a point-counterpoint manner. Together the instructor and the students will look at the arguments of its proponents as well as its critics. Regardless of how one might feel about the duties and obligations of companies to the broader community, as opposed to just meeting the obligations and wishes of the company owners, dealing with the issue of CSR is a fact of life for large companies, and they ignore it at their peril as a well-led consumer boycott can do irreparable harm to a company.

Prerequisite: MGMT3100