Soda and tobacco industry corporate social responsibility campaigns: how do they compare?

PLoS Med. 2012;9(6):e1001241. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001241. Epub 2012 Jun 19.

Abstract

In an article that forms part of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food, Andrew Cheyne and colleagues compare soda companies' corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaigns - which are designed to bolster the image and popularity of their products and to prevent regulation - with the tobacco industry's CSR campaigning.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carbonated Beverages*
  • Ethics, Business*
  • Food Industry / economics
  • Food Industry / ethics*
  • Food Industry / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Health Promotion / economics
  • Health Promotion / ethics*
  • Humans
  • Social Responsibility*
  • Tobacco Industry / economics
  • Tobacco Industry / ethics*
  • Tobacco Industry / legislation & jurisprudence