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.
An enduring finding in consumption communities and socio logical research is that consumers socially stratify themselves (Veblen 1994/1899). Bourdieu (1977, 1984) theorizes society as made up of Read More »
Fresh food markets, whether centrally organized by governments or ad hoc in nature, provide the world’s market traders, the vast majority of whom are women, with a critical source of income. Read More »
We were interested in capturing the nuances of consumer saving behavior worldwide, among individuals in nations across a range of poverty and restriction. To do so we conducted two research Read More »
Our research is the first to examine consumer values for children and adolescents from impoverished backgrounds. In study 1, we found that older adolescents (ages 16-17) from impoverished families Read More »
A primary goal of “Behavioral Decision Theory” (BDT), including the significant part of BDT research published in marketing journals, has been to introduce an alternative to economic, normative Read More »