The Alcohol Industry and Social Responsibility: Links to FASD

Peter Choate, Dorothy Badry and Kerryn Bagley
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Peter Choate: Child Studies and Social Work, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB T3E 6K6, Canada
Dorothy Badry: Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Kerryn Bagley: La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 13, 1-16

Abstract: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is directly linked to the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. Prevention programs have been targeted at women of childbearing age and vulnerable populations. The beverage alcohol industry (manufacture, marketing, distribution, and retail) is often seen as playing a role in prevention strategies such as health warning labels. In this paper we explore the nature of the relationship between the industry and prevention programming. We consider the place of alcohol in society; the prevalence, social and economic costs of FASD; the ethical notion of alcohol-related harm and then move onto the question of public health partnerships with the industry including the potential conflicts of interests and ethical challenges in such partnerships.

Keywords: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; beverage alcohol industry; FASD prevention; alcohol and social responsibility; alcohol marketing; alcohol warning labels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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