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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What A Feeling! Touching Sexually Laden Stimuli Makes Women Seek Rewards

We argue that women's previously documented unresponsiveness to sexual primes when making economic decisions may be a consequence of the specific types of primes that have been used (i.e., visual Read More »

Date: Oct 10, 2013
Author: Anouk Festjens, Sabrina Bruyneel, Siegfried Dewitte
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Can Sensory Stimulation Decrease Rumination? An Exploration Of The Influence Of Senses On Repeated

Struggling to assemble an Ikea product, failing to make a purchase on a website, seeing a recently bought product break down, sitting in the waiting room at the doctor’s office, waiting at the Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Gaël Bonnin, alain.goudey@neoma-bs.fr
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Consumer Responses To Simultaneous Changes In Price And Quantity: Do Direction And Magnitude

Consumers are generally sensitive and averse to price increases but in order to maintain profitability, it may be unavoidable for a firm to increase prices of its products, for example due to Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Jun Yao, Harmen Oppewal, Yongfu He
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Transmedia Consumption Experiences (TCE): Patching As A Narrative Consumption Practice

Consuming media narratives has been an interest of socio-cultural branding, consumer culture theory, and literary theory scholars (e.g., Brown 2005; Brown, Kozinets, and Sherry 2003, Scott 1994). Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Behice Ece Ilhan, Robert V. Kozinets, Cele C. Otnes
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Feel Sorry For The Cake In Trash? The Effect Of Food Types On Consumers’ Food Waste Perceptions

Over 30% of all the food produced in the US is wasted (US EPA 2010). The average US household generates food waste that costs up to $2,275 annually (Bloom 2011). Food waste presents a significant Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Joon Yong Seo, Sukki Yoon
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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