The Pitfalls of Ascribing Moral Agency to Corporations: Public Obligation and Political and Social Contexts in the Commercial Determinants of Health.

civil society commercial determinants of health health policy morals policy interference

Journal

The Milbank quarterly
ISSN: 1468-0009
Titre abrégé: Milbank Q
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8607003

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
25 Oct 2023
Historique:
revised: 15 08 2023
received: 20 04 2023
accepted: 02 10 2023
medline: 26 10 2023
pubmed: 26 10 2023
entrez: 26 10 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Policy Points Government and civil society should be held more accountable for creating food and beverage regulatory policies rather than assigning moral agency to the food and beverage industry. Nutrition policymaking institutions should ensure civil society's ability to design regulatory policy. Government policymaking institutions should be isolated from industry interference.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37880820
doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12678
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

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Informations de copyright

© 2023 The Authors. The Milbank Quarterly published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Milbank Memorial Fund.

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Auteurs

Eduardo J Gómez (EJ)

Lehigh University.

Nason Maani (N)

University of Edinburgh.

Sandro Galea (S)

Boston University.

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