Research Catalog

Title

Multinational corporations and the impact of public advocacy on corporate strategy : Nestle and the infant formula controversy / by S. Prakash Sethi.

Author

Sethi, S. Prakash.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [1994], ©1994.

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Description

xvi, 413 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Issues in business ethics ; v. 6

Uniform Title

Issues in business ethics ; v. 6.

Subjects

• Infants > Nutrition > Developing countries
• Infant formulas > Nutrition
• Baby foods industry > Developing countries
• Nestlé

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-398) and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. The Setting. Ch. 1. The Infant Formula Controversy at Center Stage. Ch. 2. The Societal Context of the Infant Formula Controversy. Ch. 3. The Institutional Context of the Infant Formula Controversy -- Pt. II. The Gathering Storm. Ch. 4. Sowing the Seeds of the Controversy: The European Scene. Ch. 5. The Controversy Comes to the United States. Ch. 6. The Activists Throw Down the Gauntlet - The Kennedy Hearings and its Aftermath. Ch. 7. The Drive Toward Code Enactment - The Post Kennedy Era -- Pt. III. Issues and Institutions. Ch. 8. Health, Medical, and Scientific Aspects of the Controversy. Ch. 9. Worldwide Infant Formula Sales, Markets, and Industry Structure. Ch. 10. The Industry and Major Manufacturers Involved in the Controversy. Ch. 11. Major Religious and Activist Groups Involved in the Controversy -- Pt. IV. Escalation of the Conflict. Ch. 12. WHO's Involvement in the Controversy. Ch. 13. Dynamics of the Passage of the WHO Code.
• Ch. 14. The Sole Negative Vote by the U.S.: The Impact of Ideology and Domestic Politics -- Pt. V. Drive Toward Resolution of the Conflict. Ch. 15. Nestle Coordination Center for Nutrition, Inc. (NCCN): Nestle's Change in Organizational Structure and Strategies to Deal with the Boycott. Ch. 16. "Winning" the Methodists: The Last Major Battle-ground to Enlist the Religious Community's Support for the Boycott. Ch. 17. Nestle Infant Formula Audit Commission (NIFAC): A New Model for Gaining External Legitimacy for Corporate Actions. Ch. 18. Settlement of the Dispute and Termination of the Boycott: Discussions Between INBC/INFACT and Nestle - UNICEF in the Role of an Honest Broker -- Pt. VI. Lessons Learned and Unlearned. Ch. 19. The Lessons of Accountability - Third World Governments: Expectations and Performance - WHO's Non-Existent Monitoring. Ch. 20. Code Compliance by the Infant Formula Industry: The New Nestle - The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same.
• Ch. 21. Emerging Modes of Business-Society Conflict Resolution - An Assessment.

ISBN

0792393783 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

93032157

OCLC

• 28721632
• ocm28721632

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries