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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The Generative Consumer Can Make A Difference

The concept of generativity, that is the adults’ preoccupation for the well-being of the next generations, has recently generated interest in the field of marketing (e.g., Urien and Kilbourne Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Caroline Lacroix
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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A Selfless Or Selfish Act: The Incidental Effect Of Direction Of Comparison On Prosocial Behavior

We propose that incidental direction of comparison is an important predictor of prosocial behavior. Direction of comparison can be downward or upward (being better or worse off than a comparison Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Ann E. Schlosser, Eric Levy
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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It’s Not Just Numbers: Nutrition Information As Cultural Contaminant

France is worldwide known all over the world for its passion for cooking to such an extent that the French gastronomic meal has been recently declared as a world intangible heritage (UNESCO 2010). Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Pierrick Gomez, Carlos J. Torelli
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Does Living In New York City Make People Happy With Their Leisure Life?

Social and economic development has been accompanied by an increase in the variety of leisure activities available, ranging from sports and arts to countryside recreation and gaming. Making these Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Yan Zhang, Xianchi Dai
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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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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