Regulate corporate social responsibility

I WELCOME the coverage of corporate misconduct in developing countries in your feature on Kenya and its tobacco farmers (Irish Examiner, August 2).

The article identified the impact company behaviour can have on communities, from food security and damage to human health to contaminated water sources - even where a company claims to be acting responsibly.

There is a problem with the rhetoric of corporate social responsibility. Some companies shouting the loudest about their corporate virtues are also among those inflicting continuing damage on communities where they work - particularly poor communities.