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

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 819-827

  Friedman, Lissy C ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLICY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76149085526     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2009.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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