DOI
10.1177/0007650312449577
Abstract
Corporate responsibility for consumption-related issues has been on the business ethics agenda for several decades. However, some recent consumption-related issues, such as obesity, differ qualitatively from the traditional product liability cases. This study proposes an alternative responsibility concept, referred to as the social connection corporate responsibility (CR). A detailed conceptualization of a social connection CR is presented and subsequently contrasted with the liability approach to CR. Then, a social connection logic to the case of obesity is applied followed by an examination of how fast-food chains are socially connected to obesity, and of what kind of responsibilities such a social connection implies.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2014
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2012 SAGE. Article first published online: 24 JULY 2012. DOI: 10.1177/0007650312449577.
The definitive version is available at: http://bas.sagepub.com/content/53/2/300.full.pdf
Full citation:
Judith, Schrempf-Stirling. "A Social Connection Approach to Corporate Responsibility: The Case of the Fast-Food Industry and Obesity." Business & Society 53, no. 2 (March 2014): 300-32. doi:10.1177/0007650312449577.
Recommended Citation
Schrempf-Stirling, Judith, "A Social Connection Approach to Corporate Responsibility: The Case of the Fast-Food Industry and Obesity" (2014). Management Faculty Publications. 27.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/management-faculty-publications/27
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