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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Social Sharing Of Negative Emotions In Virtual Travel Communities

Virtual communities offer a social environment in which several emotional processes take place. After a collective emotional event, such as a terrorist attack, these communities can provide Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Anke Piepenbrink, Clara Koetz
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Disgusting? No, Just Different! Understanding Consumer Skepticism Towards Sustainable Food

Though desperately needed, consumers reject sustainable consumption alternatives which deviate far from the norm. Labgrown meat and insectbased meat substitutes, for instance, could revolutionize the Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Jan Andre Koch, Jan Willem Bolderdijk, Koert van Ittersum
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Deprivation Of Control And The Phonetic Appeal Of Brand Names

People must often respond to control threats of different nature in their daily lives: mundane (e.g., stockout) or tragic (e.g., natural disaster), negative (e.g., flight delay) or positive (e.g., Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Jamel Khenfer, Caroline Cuny
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Enhancing Perceptions Toward In-Home Artificial Intelligence Devices Through Trust:

In a world of connected devices and technology, consumers are opening their homes to artificial intelligence (AI) devices, such as Google Home, Amazon Echo and HomePod. These devices are changing the Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Seth Ketron, Brian Taillon, Christine Kowalczyk
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Increasing Consumption Of Larger Product Sizes Through Symbolic Congruity: Size Label Color And

In product packaging, size labels provide semantic information indicating the relative magnitude of a product, and color influences consumer perceptions in both physical and physiological ways (i.e., Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Seth Ketron, Nancy Spears
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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