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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All We Need Is Love: Examining Differences In Time And Money Donations Between Dyads And

Donations of both time and money are critical for societal wellbeing: in 2013, the dollar estimate of the annual volunteered time in the U.S. was $167 billion and the total monetary donations were Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Hristina Nikolova
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Does It Pay To Be Virtuous? Examining Whether And Why Firms Benefit From Their CSR Initiatives

Formally defined as discretionary business practices and contributions of corporate resources intended to improve societal well-being (Korschun, Bhattacharya, and Swain 2014); corporate social Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Dionne Nickerson, Michael Lowe, Adithya Pattabhiramaiah
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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When Novices Have More Influence Than Experts: Empirical Evidence From Online Peer Reviews

Over the past decade, online peer review platforms have played a major role in shaping consumer choice. Eliciting and displaying online reviews has become a priority for many firms as part of their Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Peter Nguyen, Xin (Shane) Wang, Xi Li
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Spreading Of Alternatives Without A Perception Of Choice

Choosing a product changes a consumer’s attitudes toward it. Brehm (1956) classically demonstrated this by asking consumers to first rate several products, and then choose between two they had Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Kurt P. Munz, Vicki G. Morwitz
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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More Than Just A Number: The Negative Effect Of 100% Claims

Many product labels include numerical claims. Consumers interpret these claims in different ways, beyond their numerical value. Non-round numbers, for example, are considered more informative and Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Nira Munichor, Liat Levontin
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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