Nestle Essay

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Zaineb Baig Nestlé Case Background For over 20 years, Nestlé has been charged with involvement to the death of Third World infants. Most of the charges against infant formulas focus on the issue of discouraged breast-feeding among “Third World mothers and have led to misuse of the products, thus contributing to infant malnutrition and death”(Case 1-2). The charges focus that advertising and marketing of these products discouraged breast-feeding among Third World mothers and led to mistreatment of products. For example, many mothers in Peru used the water that was contaminated to dilute the formula, which causes babies to have attacks of diarrhea and vomiting. Mothers throughout the Third World put a small amount of formula followed by a large amount of water which takes away the nutrients from the babies, resulting in malnutrition and some mothers simply rely on the formula to feed their children for a long period of time. Although many mothers in Third World countries misused the formula, Nestlé argued that the company never supported the idea of replacing breast milk with infant formula, although it plays a fundamental role in proper infant nutrition as a supplement. “The formula was also better in comparison to other supplemental feedings that were harmful to infants, including herbal teas, rice water, corn water and sweetened, condensed milk as these feedings can also be prepared with contaminated water and served in unsanitary conditions” (Case 1-2). In this case, Nestlé displayed negligence and did not fulfill their corporate social responsibility to the public. The marketing of Nestlé was unclear, which portrayed a misconception that the formula was a good way to replace breast milk and other forms of nutrition vital to child development. Nestlé permitted the use of clever radio jingles to imply that certain products distributed by companies
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