A grim contradiction: The practice and consequences of corporate social responsibility by British American Tobacco in Malaysia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1784-1796

  Barraclough, Simon ^a   Morrow, Martha ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

British American Tobacco Malaysia; Corporate social responsibility; Malaysia; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; PROFITABILITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; TOBACCO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHICS; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SMOKING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 40949090489     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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