Non-Profit Organizations Receiving Corporate Funding |
Index of Non-Profit Organizations Receiving Corporate Funding |
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY |
According to a story in the New York Times, “The American Cancer
Society... has endorsed Florida orange juice....” (8/13/97) . See also
World Tonight News With Peter Jennings (8/13/97); The Osgood File, CBS
News (8/13/97). An editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine
stated: “And why should the American Cancer Society endorse only
SmithKline Beecham’s antismoking products?” Jerome P. Kassirer & Marcia
Angell (9/4/97, p. 700) See also, Los Angeles Time (8/13/97). The ACS,
however, denies that its actions are endorsements. Rather, it
characterizes such transactions as a license for the “nonexclusive use
of its logo on Florida orange juice and SmithKline Beecham’s antismoking
products” in “exchange for monetary grants and other considerations used
for the fight against cancer.” (e-mail to CSPI from William J. Dalton,
Chief Counsel, ACS, 5/30/01) The ACS’s “Cancer Facts & Figures - 1998”
acknowledges on the front and back cover “a generous grant” by Glaxo
Wellcome drug company. According to Advertising Age, the ACS was
involved in a deal with General Mills to include information on packages
of Wheaties (1/17/00; p. 54). 2002 Corporate Donors ($100K+) (Emphasizing drug, chemical and cosmetics companies, only a partial list is provided. See ACS’s Annual Report 2002 for a complete list of major contributors)
(American Cancer Society Annual Report 2002, http://www.cancer.org/docroot/COM/content/div_Eastern/COM_12x_2002_Annual_Report.asp; accessed 5/28/03) |