Alcohol industry corporate social responsibility initiatives and harmful drinking: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is growing awareness of the detrimental effects of alcohol industry commercial activities, and concern about possible adverse impacts of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, on public health. The aims of this systematic review were to summarize and examine what is known about CSR initiatives undertaken by alcohol industry actors in respect of harmful drinking globally.

Methods

We searched for peer-reviewed studies published since 1980 of alcohol industry CSR initiatives in seven electronic databases. The basic search strategy was organized around the three constructs of 'alcohol', 'industry' and 'corporate social responsibility'. We performed the searches on 21 July 2017. Data from included studies were analyzed inductively, according to th

SUBMITTER: Mialon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6051456 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature