Details for Public Health, Academic Medicine, and alcohol industry's corporate social responsibility activities

Authors: TF Babor and K Robaina (University of Connecticut School of Medicine)

In this article the emerging relationships are explored among the alcohol industry, academic medicine, and the public health community in the context of public health theory dealing with corporate social responsibility. To the extent that the scientific evidence supports the reduction of alcohol consumption through regulatory and legal measures, the academic community has come into increasing conflict with the views of the alcohol industry. It was concluded that the alcohol industry has intensified its scientific and policy-related activities under the general framework of corporate social responsibility initiatives, most of which can be described as instrumental to the industry's economic interests.