Week | Readings | Lecture content | 1 | Hamilton, L. and Webster, P. 2009, The international business environment, Oxford University Press, New York. | Unit Introduction | 2 | Carroll, A.B. and Shabana, K.M. 2010, ‘The business case for corporate social responsibility: a review of concepts, research and practice’, International Journal of Management Reviews, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 85-105.Garriga, E. and Melé, D. 2004, ‘Corporate social responsibility theories: mapping the territory’, Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 53, no. 1-2, pp. 51-71. | Corporate Social Responsibility | 3 | Argandona, A. 1998, ‘The stakeholder theory and the common good’, Journal of business ethics, Vol. 17, pp 1093-1102.Burke, L. 1996, ‘How corporate social responsibility pays off?’, Long Range Planning, Vol.29, No 4, pp 495 – 502. | Corporate Social Responsibility | 4 | Morrison, J. 2011, The global business environment: meeting the challenges, 3rd ed., Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. Palmer, A. and Hartley, B. 2009, The business environment, 6th ed., McGraw-Hill Higher Education, London. | The Economic Environment | 5 | Heywood, A. 2004,Political theory, 3rd ed., Palgrave Macmillan, New York. | The Economic Environment | 6 | Parkin, A. and Hardcastle, L. 2010, 'Government-business relations' in A. Parkin, J. Summers and D. Woodward (eds.), Government, politics, power and policy in Australia, 9th ed., Pearson Education Australia, Sydney, pp. 351-371.Ryan, N., Parker, R. and Brown, K. 2003, Government, business and society, 2nd ed., Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest. | The Political Environment | 7 | Wiedenbaum, M. 2004, ‘Business and government in the global marketplace’, 7th ed., Pearson/Prentice Hall, New Jersey. | The Regulatory Environment | 8 | Price Waterhouse Coopers 2008, The Australian Pharmaceutical Industry: Issues and Challenges, Price