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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You Are Forgiven: Cause Uncontrollability And Negative Emotional Contagion

The role of emotions displayed by customer contact employees for customer emotions has received increasing attention in recent consumer behavior literature. Several studies find that customers tend Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Stefan Hattula, Carmen-Maria Albrecht, Torsten Bornemann, Julian Würth
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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When Do Consumers Experience Humor?

Humor is a psychological response characterized by the positive emotion of amusement, the appraisal that something is funny, and the tendency to laugh (Martin 2007; McGraw et al. 2012; Veatch 1998). Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Caleb Warren, A. Peter McGraw
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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When Color Meets Health: The Impact Of Package Colors On The Perception Of Food Healthiness And

The rising obesity epidemic (Flegal, Carroll, Kit, and Ogden 2012) arouses consumers’ healthy eating concerns and motivates food manufactures to improve the nutritional content of their products Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Lei Huang, Ji Lu
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Illeism And Decision Making

English speakers often refer to themselves via first-person narrative forms, such as “I think” or “in my opinion”. One variation on this type of self-reference is known as illeism, where Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Oscar Moreno, Arul Mishra, Himanshu Mishra
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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The Effects Of Framing Products As Experiences On The Creation And Use Of Consumer Reviews

There are two recent developments in marketing and consumer behavior that may initially seem separate but are related and can influence one another. First, companies and brands are increasingly Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Iñigo Gallo, Claudia Townsend
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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