Applied Crisis Communication and Crisis Management

W. Timothy Coombs (PhD Purdue University in Public Affairs and Issues Management) is the George T and Glady H Abell Professor in Liberal Arts in Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. His primary areas of research are crisis communication and CSR including the award-winning book Ongoing Crisis Communication. He is the current editor for Corporation Communication: An International Journal. His research has appeared in Management Communication Quarterly, Public Relations Review, Corporate Reputation Review, Journal of Public Relations Research, Journal of Communication Management, Business Horizons, and the Journal of Business Communication.

1. A Short Introduction to the Case Study Method 2. Crisis Capsules 3. Pampers and Dry Max Chemical Burn Rumor 4. Hershey, Cocoa, and Child Slavery/Labor Abuse 5. Cadbury Salmonella Recall 6. Peanut Butter Paste Recall of 2009 7. Tetra Pak, Nestle and ITX 8. Nestle and Greenpeace Disagree over Palm Oil Sourcing 9. Carrefour, China, and the Olympic Torch Relay 10. Sparboe Farms and McDonald's Part Company over Animal Cruelty 11. BP Texas City Explosion 12. Sigg and BPA 13. West Pharmaceutical Services' Dust Explosion 14. Jensen Farm, Listeria, and Cantaloupe 15. Chick-fil-A and the Dangers of Social Issues 16. The Bhopal Tragedy 17. Odwalla and E. Coli 18. ValuJet Flight 592 and the End of a Brand 19. Greenpeace Pressures H&M to Detox the Garment Industry