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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Seeing Brands Through Rose-Colored Lenses: When Fear Of Being Taken Advantage Of Leads To Increased

People often face issues and domains that they do not understand. As such, people are often dependent on experts to manage complex issues (Deci and Ryan 1985; Iyengar and Lepper 2000). In the context Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Steven Shepherd, Gavan J. Fitzsimons
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Neural Pattern Similarity Reveals Brand Equity

Memory about a brand is associated with memory about the category of the brand’s product (Hutchinson, 1983). Consequently, when thinking about products in that category, that brand is likely to be Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Feng Sheng, Michael Platt
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Round It Up: Preference Exists For Rounded Totals (PERT)

In recent years, charitable giving has stagnated. In the US, on average individuals only donate about 2% of their annual disposable income, a level of contribution that has remained fairly constant Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Varun Sharma, Aradhna Krishna, Zachary Estes
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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A Conceptual Framework Of Violation Of Trust And Negative Emotional Responses During Brand

Though parallels to interpersonal relationships are drawn to explain various facets of consumer-brand relationships, seldom focus has been shown on explaining the nature of trust and its role in Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Varisha Rehman, Karthik Selvanayagam
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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When Less Is More - How Making Products More Personal Can Decrease Purchase Intention

Personalization (i.e., tailoring products and services to individual consumer needs) is central to many successful businesses (Kavadias, Ladas, and Loch 2016). Research on personalization has Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Michael Schulz
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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