Ethical Brand Journal

Welcome to the first iteration of the eb™ Journal. At this stage, it contains over one thousand academic papers and other research that have been produced over several decades by over two thousand authors from around the world. The vast majority are selected because they use terms such as ethical brand and ethical branding to characterise settings and outcomes in many different techno-industrial consumption contexts that concern the social, economic and environmental well-being of humanity.

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Social Comparison To Advertising Depictions: Exploring Advertising Practitioners’ Perspectives

Social comparison, proposed nearly 60 years ago by Festinger (1954) is defined as an evaluative process in which an individual compares himself or herself on some dimension to a target of comparison Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Catherine A. Coleman, Linda Tuncay Zayer
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Effects Of Construal Level On Omission Detection And Multiattribute Evaluation

Consumers often rely on limited information that is readily available while neglecting missing information. Research has demonstrated that insensitivity to missing information results in Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Hélène Deval, Bruce E. Pfeiffer, Frank R. Kardes, Douglas R. Ewing, Maria L Cronley, Xiaoqi Han
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Exploring Quiet Quitting After Covid-19: A Systematic Research Review

Recent research has focused on quiet quitting, a form of organizational dissent, particularly since the onset of COVID-19 and the rise of remote work (Raso, 2023; Zuzelo, 2023, p.1). This study aimed Read More »

Date: 04/01/2023
Author: Abigail Nti Mensah
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Strong Attitudes Without Elaboration: The Threshold Difference Effect

Dweck, Chiu, and Hong (1995) identify two distinct implicit self-theories—entity vs. incremental theory. People who endorse entity theory (entity theorists) believe that their personal traits Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Jaehwan Kwon, Dhananjay Nayakankuppam, William M. Hedgcock
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Why Do You Think They Do That? Consumer Elaboration In The Detection Of Manipulative Intent And Its

Consumer awareness of deception is important in order to effectively cope with marketers’ strategic attempts to unfairly influence them. Yet, in spite of the widespread prevalence of marketplace Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Robert Madrigal, Catherine Armstrong-Soule, Leslie Koppenhafer
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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