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.
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »