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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Increasing Consumption Of Larger Product Sizes Through Symbolic Congruity: Size Label Color And

In product packaging, size labels provide semantic information indicating the relative magnitude of a product, and color influences consumer perceptions in both physical and physiological ways (i.e., Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Seth Ketron, Nancy Spears
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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The Impact Of Product Type On Disposal Intentions

Despite early suggestions that product characteristics might play a significant role at the stage of disposition (Jacoby, Berning, and Dietvorst 1977), extant research focused largely on the impact Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Mustafa Karataş, Rabia Bayer, Zeynep Gurhan-Canli
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Boomerang Effect: How Sustainable Disposal Options Spur Green Consumers To Overconsume

One co-author’s mother cheerily donates her clothing to a local charity and revels in her quarterly yard sales. She reports her deep affinity for the environment and avoidance of waste, akin to the Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Sommer Kapitan, Saerom Lee, Eunjoo Han
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Corporate Social Responsibility And Dishonest Consumer Behavior

Increasingly, organizations are proclaiming their values by taking stands on controversial social issues. These actions often take the form of corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, little Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: In-Hye Kang, Amna Kirmani
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Parallel Practices Of Visual Domination And Subversion

Volunteer tourism is seen as a form of good will tourism (Sin 2009), appealing to those who want to make a difference whilst travelling. Despite growing scrutiny over this utopian framing of Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Veronika Kadomskaia, Angela Gracia B. Cruz, Jan Brace-Govan
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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