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Freudenberg, Nicholas, author.
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Corporations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Lethal but legal : corporations, consumption, and protecting public health / Nicholas Freudenberg.
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Freudenberg, Nicholas, author.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2014.
Subjects
Public health.
World health.
Corporations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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9780199937196 (alk. paper)
0199937192 (alk. paper)
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xvi, 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Manufacturing disease : unhealthy products become ubiquitous -- The public health evidence : how corporate practices contribute to global epidemics of chronic disease and injuries -- Corporations take control : a new political and economic order emerges -- The corporate consumption complex -- The corporate ideology of consumption -- The health impact of corporate managed globalization -- Optimism past, present, and future : the building blocks for a movement -- Wanted : a movement for a healthier, more sustainable future.
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Decisions made by the food, tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceutical, gun, and automobile industries have a greater impact on today's health than the decisions of scientists and policymakers. As the collective influence of corporations has grown, governments around the world have stepped back from their responsibility to protect public health by privatizing key services, weakening regulations, and cutting funding for consumer and environmental protection. Today's corporations are increasingly free to make decisions that benefit their bottom line at the expense of public health. Lethal but Legal examines how corporations have impacted -- and plagued -- public health over the last century, first in industrialized countries and now in developing regions. It is both a current history of corporations' antagonism towards health and an analysis of the emerging movements that are challenging these industries' dangerous practices. The reforms outlined here aim to strike a healthier balance between large companies' right to make a profit and governments' responsibility to protect their populations. While other books have addressed parts of this story, Lethal but Legal is the first to connect the dots between unhealthy products, business-dominated politics, and the growing burdens of disease and health care costs. By identifying the common causes of all these problems, then situating them in the context of other health challenges that societies have overcome in the past, this book provides readers with the insights they need to take practical and effective action to restore consumers' right to health.
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