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 Subjective Value Of Popularity: A Neural Account Of Socially Informed Functional Value And

Popular products are often thought of as being popular for a particular reason. Consumers may come up with different reasons to assess a popular product’s subjective value. This value may express Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Robert Goedegebure, Irene Tijssen, Nynke van der Laan, Hans van Trijp
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Shopping For Freedom: Moroccan Women’s Experience In Supermarkets

Contemporary conceptualizations of consumer freedom rely on a Western view of the autonomous self (e.g. Arnould 2007). The idealized free agent has the capacity of choice and is the ultimate source Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Delphine Godefroit-Winkel, Lisa Peñaloza, Samuel K. Bonsu
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Gossip: How The Relationship With The Source Shapes The Retransmission Of Personal Content

Consumers love gossiping about celebrities. It is a big part of our social interaction and is all over the media, both mainstream and social. The influence of celebrities in consumer’s lives is Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Gaia Giambastiani, Andrea Ordanini, Joseph C. Nunes
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Understanding Consumer Sensory Preferences: An Ethnographic Investigation Of Sensory Flamboyance

Marketers use a variety of sensory appeals to communicate about their brands to consumers (Krishna 2012), but these may not be equally efficacious across consumers. We investigate whether basic Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Tanuka Ghoshal, Russell W. Belk
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Effects Of Affective Language On Perceived Helpfulness Of Online Reviews

Online communities that give their members the opportunity to rate and review products and services, like Yelp, Trip Advisor, Epinions, are highly valuable in helping consumers navigate through the Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Marc Vanhuele, Nikolay Georgiev
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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