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.
Previous research showed that consumers as well as shareholders react negatively to product recalls. Research holds that adapting the recall communication to the recall specific setting helps to Read More »
Decreasing life span and accelerated product replacement process for technological products refer to the crucial question of product relative and psychological obsolescence, raising environmental Read More »
Could brands associated with mostly negative information–those with poor reputations–be perceived as superior to unrecognized brands? A reasonable consumer should value reputation; however, it is Read More »
The word “motivation” comes from the Latin word “movere” meaning “to move”. On that basis, this paper proposes a scale of measurement of the motives that move a consumer to shop in small Read More »
Past psychology research has found an increased tendency to act unethically after people have already behaved in an ethical way, known as moral licensing effect. In this research, we propose that Read More »