Tobacco industry use of corporate social responsibility tactics as a sword and a shield on secondhand smoke issues

The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics : a Journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Lissy C Friedman

Abstract

The tobacco industry has used corporate social responsibility tactics to improve its corporate image with the public, press, and regulators who increasingly have grown to view it as a merchant of death. There is, however, an intractable problem that corporate social responsibility efforts can mask but not resolve: the tobacco industry's products are lethal when used as directed, and no amount of corporate social responsibility activity can reconcile that fundamental contradiction with ethical corporate citizenship. This study's focus is to better understand the tobacco industry's corporate social responsibility efforts and to assess whether there has been any substantive change in the way it does business with regard to the issue of exposure to secondhand smoke. The results show that the industry has made no substantial changes and in fact has continued with business as usual. Although many of the tobacco companies' tactics traditionally had been defensive, they strove for a way to change to a more offensive strategy. Almost without exception, however, their desire to appear to be good corporate citizens clashed with their aversion to further regulation and jeopardizing their legal position, perhaps an irreconcilable conflict. ...Continue Reading

References

Mar 21, 1998·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·L K Goldman, S A Glantz
Mar 7, 2001·Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences : CMLS·U Schönbeck, P Libby
May 30, 2003·Tobacco Control·E A Smith, R E Malone
Dec 9, 2003·Tobacco Control·M J Ashley, J E Cohen
Jul 21, 2005·American Journal of Public Health·Lissy C FriedmanChristopher N Banthin
Aug 15, 2006·American Journal of Preventive Medicine·David HammondRon Borland
Jun 30, 2007·American Journal of Public Health·Pamela M LingStanton A Glantz
Jul 27, 2007·Tobacco Control·Sara D Guardino, Richard A Daynard
Sep 24, 2008·The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine·Debra H BernatJean L Forster
Oct 17, 2008·American Journal of Public Health·Laura E Tesler, Ruth E Malone
Dec 25, 2008·American Journal of Public Health·Patricia A McDaniel, Ruth E Malone
Sep 9, 2009·Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology·Paul NaaberAiri Poder

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Aug 12, 2015·Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health·Zoe RichardsSimone Pettigrew
Aug 14, 2015·American Journal of Public Health·Patricia A McDaniel, Ruth E Malone
Jul 30, 2016·Tobacco Control·Heikki Hiilamo, Stanton Glantz

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.