Ethics in the Alcohol Industry

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables, Figures and Boxes......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 13
List of Abbreviations......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
The beginnings – did beer bring about social cohesion?......Page 23
From the Norman Conquest to the early 1700s......Page 25
The gin epidemic – the realization of addiction......Page 28
The Beer Act 1830 and the growth of the Temperance Movement......Page 31
Changing drinking habits during the World Wars......Page 35
Conclusion......Page 37
Introduction......Page 38
A global view......Page 39
Is alcohol a burden on the world\'s population?......Page 41
European alcohol strategy......Page 48
Commentary on the European strategy......Page 55
Alcohol harm reduction strategy for England......Page 56
Safe, sensible and secure......Page 59
Conclusion......Page 63
Introduction......Page 64
Alcohol advertising regulations across the world......Page 65
Enforcement or self-regulation?......Page 69
Alcohol and advertising: government strategy for England and Wales......Page 74
British Code of Advertising Practice......Page 75
Alcohol advertising spend......Page 79
Sponsorship......Page 86
Government information advertisements......Page 87
Conclusion......Page 89
Appendix 3.1: BCAP TV Advertising Standard Code......Page 90
The ethics of public policy......Page 93
The stewardship model......Page 96
Critique and development......Page 100
Responsibility......Page 105
Corporate virtues......Page 107
No ordinary commodity?......Page 109
The alcohol industry and conflict of interest......Page 110
The responsibility of the alcohol industry......Page 113
Conclusion......Page 116
Introduction......Page 118
Europe......Page 120
Alcohol in the mind and in the body......Page 123
Communicating with young people......Page 124
Binge drinking, drinking to get drunk and extreme drinking......Page 128
Popular culture and celebrities......Page 131
Moral development......Page 132
Conclusion......Page 133
Background......Page 134
Judaism and Christianity......Page 135
Later Christianity......Page 145
Islam......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 153
Defining alcoholism......Page 155
Responsibility......Page 162
Imputability......Page 163
Alcoholics Anonymous......Page 170
Conclusion......Page 178
Corporate responsibility......Page 180
Stakeholder theory, ethics and social responsibility......Page 184
The alcohol industry......Page 187
Responsibilities......Page 190
Ethics and responsibility......Page 193
Conclusion......Page 199
References......Page 201
B......Page 213
C......Page 214
E......Page 215
H......Page 216
L......Page 217
O......Page 218
R......Page 219
S......Page 220
W......Page 221
Z......Page 222