Assessing the Nestlé Boycott: Corporate Accountability and Human Rights

Post James E. , Testimony in Marketing and Promotion of Infant Formula in Developing Nations, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Human Resources, 95th Congress 2nd Session, May 23, 1978 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office), pp. 215–241.

Post J.E. Smith R.A. Solimano G. , “Marketing Infant Foods in Four Developing Countries: Trends Since the WHO Code,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, November 1983.

In 1984, Nestlé attempted to acquire Coopervision, a maker of soft contact lenses, and Carnation, a major food company. At the time of this writing, the Coopervision acquisition appears to have failed. The Carnation acquisition is still under review by the Federal Trade Commission.

An alternative view is provided by Williams Oliver , “Who Cast the First Stone?” Harvard Business Review (September/October 1984), pp. 151–160.