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dc.contributor.authorMarshman, B.
dc.contributor.authorWolf, Katharina
dc.contributor.authorMcCausland, K.
dc.contributor.authorDaube, Mike
dc.contributor.authorJancey, Jonine
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-20T04:48:19Z
dc.date.available2023-09-20T04:48:19Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.citationMarshman, B. and Wolf, K. and McCausland, K. and Daube, M. and Jancey, J. 2023. Tobacco companies, corporate social responsibility and the use of third-party awards: A framing analysis. Tobacco Control.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93372
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/tc-2022-057854
dc.description.abstract

Objective: Corporate social responsibility activities, such as third-party awards, provide an opportunity for tobacco companies (TCs) to promote themselves as socially, economically and environmentally responsible organisations. This study aimed to determine how TCs are using third-party awards to frame themselves and their core activities via company-controlled communication channels. Methods: TC-owned media coverage promoting third-party awards was identified from company-owned media channels, including websites, reports, press releases and Twitter. Using framing theory and thematic analysis, frames and broader themes were identified using a process of inductive coding. Results: TC-produced media content promoting third-party awards framed the companies as socially and environmentally responsible organisations, which excel at business and are innovative and transformative. Dominant frames identified included excellent workplace culture, championing diversity and inclusion and action on the environment. Conclusion: TCs are capitalising on the perceived credibility and objectivity of third-party awards using these € honours' as a promotional strategy to justify their continuing role in society and enhance their perceived legitimacy in relation to claims of ethical and responsible behaviour. The results of this study have implications for tobacco control advocacy, as continuing to allow the promotion of these awards appears to contravene or conflict with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

dc.languageeng
dc.subjectElectronic nicotine delivery devices
dc.subjectPublic policy
dc.subjectSocial marketing
dc.subjectTobacco industry
dc.titleTobacco companies, corporate social responsibility and the use of third-party awards: A framing analysis
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.issn0964-4563
dcterms.source.titleTobacco Control
dc.date.updated2023-09-20T04:48:19Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Management and Marketing
curtin.departmentCurtin School of Population Health
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyFaculty of Business and Law
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
curtin.contributor.orcidJancey, Jonine [0000-0002-7894-2896]
curtin.contributor.orcidWolf, Katharina [0000-0002-6740-4478]
curtin.contributor.researcheridJancey, Jonine [G-1391-2013]
curtin.contributor.researcheridWolf, Katharina [D-3841-2015]
dcterms.source.eissn1468-3318
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridJancey, Jonine [15071013100]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridDaube, Mike [6603817271]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridWolf, Katharina [35087062600]
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