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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Is Warm Always Trusting? The Effect Of Seasonality On Trustworthiness

Sensory marketing has shown that non-conscious triggers and sensory experiences influence consumers’ perceptions, judgments, and behaviors (Krishna 2012). The current work focuses on temperature Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Margaret G. Meloy, Simon J. Blanchard, Gretchen R. Wilroy
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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A Model Of Consumer Self-Regulation Failure

Self-regulation is fundamental to consumers’ ability to achieve their goals. Most existing self-regulation models focus on the psychological processes that promote goal-consistent behavior. These Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Keith Wilcox
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Paying To Purchase A Conversation Topic

People want to express themselves (Berger and Heath 2008), and signaling research has found that they use products to do so (Escalas and Bettman 2003). However, sometimes people do not want to Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Hillary J.D. Wiener, Josh Wiener
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Growing Up Rich And Insecure Makes Objects Seem Human: Childhood Material And Social Environments

The socioeconomic environments in which people grow up have a lasting influence on how they think and behave. Of unique interest to this research, social class can influence people’s preferred Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Jodie Whelan, Sean T. Hingston, Matthew Thomson, Allison R. Johnson
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Product Retention (vs. Acquisition) Choices And Preference For Person-Related Features

People regularly make choices about products they already own, such as which of two sneakers bought through Zappos.com to retain. However, decision research has focused on situations where choice Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Liad Weiss
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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