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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Present Your Brand’s Authentic Side. Consumers Will Dig Deeper Into Their Pockets.

Brand authenticity has been repeatedly designated as one of the major marketing trends in the 21st century. While brands extensively use authentic brand cues to create unique and trustworthy images, Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Petra Riefler, Johannes Zwinger
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Consumers Reaction To Gender Cues In Advertising

In this research, we investigate the effect of implicit gender cues on brand warmth and competence perception. Further, we examine how consumers react to implicit gender cues when exposed to Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Alexandra Hess, Valentyna Melnyk, Carolyn Costley
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Stakeholder Theory As A Mean To Understand Customer Orientation If There Is More Than One Customer

Although the concept of customer orientation has been widely discussed among marketing academics, existing studies do not account for settings where there is more than one customer population. we Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Sebastian Alexander Schubach, Nicole Jasmin Heß, Jan Hendrik Schumann
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Is Entrepreneurial Marketing A New Paradigm? Understanding Better The Entrepreneurial Versus

This paper intends to contribute to the development of the entrepreneurial marketing theory. It proposes shifting the focus from the marketing activities themselves to what shapes them, that is, the Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Elisabete Sampaio de Sá, Minoo Farhangmehr, José Carlos Pinho
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Stakeholder Marketing: Theoretical Foundations And Consequences For Marketing Capabilities

Building on multiplicity theory, this conceptual paper presents a revised theoretical perspective on the marketing discipline, contrasts it with the prevailing perspective on marketing, and shows why Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Bas Hillebrand, Paul Driessen, Oliver Koll
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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