The role of organized civil society in tobacco control in Latin America and the Caribbean

Champagne, Beatriz; Sebrié, Ernesto M; Schoj, Verónica

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“…In the specific case of tobacco, Weishaar, Collin, and Amos () argue that these entities' main aim is to promote smoke‐free initiatives in order to protect people's health. To this end, anti‐tobacco CSOs have historically acted as “watchdogs,” generating consciousness concerning the adverse effects of smoking, persistently observing and evaluating the actions of cigarette companies while also pressuring them to comply with societal norms and reduce the inherent harm of their products (Champagne, Sebrié, & Schoj, ; Reubi & Berridge, ; Thomson, Dey, & Russell, ).…”

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Be bad but (still) look good: Can controversial industries enhance corporate reputation through CSR initiatives?

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Rodrigo

Duran

2018

Business Ethics: A Eur Rev

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Even though the link between perceived corporate social responsibility fit (PCSR‐fit) and corporate reputation has received much attention from scholars, this tradition has ignored that the underpinnings of this association vary depending on the particular characteristics of each industry under study. To delve into this matter, we investigate in the increasingly relevant context of controversial industries (CIs) how PCSR‐fit could enhance corporate reputation and which are the mediating mechanisms of this association. Our academic contribution is twofold. First, we find that controversial sectors indeed can increase corporate reputation through CSR activities. However, we find that to achieve this goal, the nature of PCSR‐fit should be different than what extant literature indicates, because companies in these settings should directly focus on avoiding or reducing their inherent controversial harm or impact. Second, we evidence that “CSR initiatives' legitimacy” and “situational skepticism” mediate the PCSR‐fit and corporate reputation relationship in CIs. Therefore, we further unravel the underpinnings of this association to advance what we know on the matter and aid practitioners in this particular context.

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Be bad but (still) look good: Can controversial industries enhance corporate reputation through CSR initiatives?

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Rodrigo

Duran

2018

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“…62 Sustained resources are necessities for long term compliance, 63 and external funding often does not last, so international organizations’ support provides a crucial opportunity to help LMIC smokefree implementation.…”

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Smokefree implementation in Colombia: Monitoring, outside funding, and business support

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Objective To analyze successful national smokefree policy implementation in Colombia, a middle income country. Materials and methods Key informants at the national and local levels were interviewed and news sources and government ministry resolutions were reviewed. Results Colombia’s Ministry of Health coordinated local implementation practices, which were strongest in larger cities with supportive leadership. Nongovernmental organizations provided technical assistance and highlighted noncompliance. Organizations outside Colombia funded some of these efforts. The bar owners’ association provided concerted education campaigns. Tobacco interests did not openly challenge implementation. Conclusions Health organization monitoring, external funding, and hospitality industry support contributed to effective implementation, and could be cultivated in other low and middle income countries.

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“…Implementation of FCTC Article 8 on protection from exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) has been achieved in Latin America invigorated and accelerated up the Smokefree Americas Initiative launched by the Pan American Health Organization in 2001. The key to success has been a combination of five factors: professionalized advocacy groups multiplying in the region, a coordinated network of tobacco control advocates and researchers, collaboration between the government and civil society, and technical support provided by international organizations, and available funding to support tobacco control activities in Latin America mainly from developed countries [1]. …”

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Smokefree Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Making Progress

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We reviewed the adoption and implementation of smokefree policies in all Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries. Significant progress has been achieved among LAC countries since the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was adopted in 2005. Both national and sub-national legislation have provided effective mechanisms to increase the fraction of the population protected from secondhand tobacco smoke. Civil society has actively promoted these policies and played a main role in enacting them and monitoring their enforcement. The tobacco industry, while continuing to oppose the approval and regulation of the laws at legislative and executive levels, has gone a step further by litigating against them in the Courts. As in the US and elsewhere, this litigation has failed to stop the legislation.

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The role of organized civil society in tobacco control in Latin America and the Caribbean

Abstract: The role of organized civil society in tobacco control in Latin America and the Caribbean. Salud Publica Mex 2010;52 suppl 2:S330-S339.

Cited by 27 publications

References 3 publications

Be bad but (still) look good: Can controversial industries enhance corporate reputation through CSR initiatives?

Be bad but (still) look good: Can controversial industries enhance corporate reputation through CSR initiatives?

Smokefree implementation in Colombia: Monitoring, outside funding, and business support

Smokefree Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Making Progress

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