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Jacobsson (\u2018Post\u2010Political Regulation: Soft Power and Post\u2010political Visions in Global Governance\u2019 (2013), <jats:italic>Critical Sociology<\/jats:italic> 39: 421\u201337). They suggest that CSR is part of an international trend towards \u2018post\u2010political\u2019 governance discourses, where an emphasis on different actors\u2019 common goals obscures conflicts of interest, subverting the open political conflict necessary for a well\u2010functioning democracy. This paper examines whether such post\u2010political discourses \u2013 including an outright denial of conflict of interest \u2013 can be found within the alcohol and gambling industries, where conflicts of interest are likely to be particularly acute given the addictive nature of the goods\/services in question. Based on interviews with CSR professionals in these industries in Italy, the UK, and at EU\u2010level, we do indeed find evidence of a post\u2010political discourse. In these discourses, alcohol\/gambling industry staff deny potential conflicts of interest on the basis that any small benefits from sales to a small number of addicts are seen to be outweighed by the reputational damage that addicts cause. Crucially, however, this coexists with another, less post\u2010political discourse, where addictions CSR professionals emphasize \u2018common ground\u2019 as a basis for CSR, while accepting some instances of possible conflict of interest. Here interviewees make considerable efforts to differentiate good (sustainable) from bad (short\u2010term) self\u2010interest in order to stress the genuineness of their own actions. 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