Social Responsibility
This section looks at the Tobacco industry's conduct in being socially responsible.
'You've got to be kidding' (Purchase £5.00)
A compelling dossier of BAT's activities in promoting its tobacco products to young people around the globe.
ASH Letter to Caroline Flint MP
ASH letter to Caroline Flint the then Minister for Health regarding BAT's marketing to young people.
British American Tobacco: Exporting Misery
A casestudy of BAT's efforts to promote smoking abroad, using Kenya as a casestudy and focusing on the environmental damage and exploitation of cheap labour they are responsible for, as well as the use of methods that are no longer legal in this country or many other developed nations in recruiting new nicotine addicts.
BAT in its own words (Purchase £5.00)
This is the second major report jointly produced by ASH, Christian Aid and Friends of the Earth. It examines British American Tobacco's boasts of corporate social responsibility and demonstrates the deceit and corporate greed behind this projected image.
"Trust Us - We're socially responsible" (External PDF)
ASH New Zealand's critique of British American Tobacco New Zealand's social responsibility reports. November 2005. By Dr George Thomson
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BAT's Big Wheeze - the alternative report (Purchase £5.00)
April 2004: A major report jointly produced by ASH, Christian Aid and Friends of the Earth examining the British American Tobacco's claims of being a socially responsible company. This report shows that though BAT tries hard to convince shareholders and governments of its CSR credentials, its operations around the world leave a lot to be desired.
Behind the Mask: The real face of corporate social responsibility (External Web Page)
January 2004: The image of multinational companies working hard to make the world a better place is often just that - an image, says a new report from Christian Aid. What's needed are new laws to make businesses responsible for protecting human rights and the environment wherever they work, the report concludes.
Multinational Monitor. "Bad apples in a rotten system: the 10 worst corporations of 2002." (ASH Archive Collection)
2002 will forever be remembered as the year of corporate crime, the year which even saw President George Bush embracing the notion of "corporate responsibility." In a roundup of the year, the Multinational Monitor names the ten worst corporations. BAT easily made it on their list, defeating its own standards of CSR.
