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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Fairness Quality (FQ): A Multiple-Item Scale For Assessing Firms’ Fairness

To encounter firms’ perceived unfair behavior, we develop a measure of fairness quality (FQ) to assess firms’ fairness. Using the means-end framework, we conceptualize, construct, and test the fQ Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Bang Nguyen, Steve Chen, Lyndon Simkin
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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A Contingency Approach For A Profitable Complaint Management

This study aims to understand whether organizational responses to customer complaints improve customer profitability. To do so, the authors propose a contingency framework in which the effectiveness Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Iguácel Melero Polo, Jesús Cambra, F. Javier Sesé
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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When Does Customer Empowerment Make A Difference? An Exploration Of Consumer Response To Different

Previous research indicates that customer empowerment, the integration of consumers into the decision-making mechanisms of a company, enhances consumers’ perceptions of the company. Three Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Xiaohan Wen, S. Sinem Atakan
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Sharing Viral Messages To Satisfy Human Needs: Explaining Viral Message Forwarding Using Self

The present paper aims at investigating the question of what drives individuals to share viral messages. Building on Self Determination Theory, we examine the impact of the individual’s need for Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Verena Schoenmueller, Kristine Fritz, Manfred Bruhn
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Segmentation Of Loyal Consumers In Retailing Context From The Latent Approach

The identification of retail consumer profiles is key for designing actions oriented towards the most profitable segments. Study of market heterogeneity is evolving towards latent segmentation Read More »

Date: 06/03/2014
Author: Maria Fuentes Blasco, Beatriz Moliner Velázquez, Irene Gil Saura
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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