For better or for worse? Empirical evidence of moral licensing in a behavioral energy conservation campaign

By Verena Tiefenbeck, Thorsten Staake, K. Roth, O. Sachs. 2013

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Subfields: Building and Construction, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Marketing

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Like ripples on a pond: behavioral spillovers and their implications for research and policy (2015, background): “…Nordhaus, & Shellenberger, 2011): although the two terms are often used interchangeably, from a policy perspective it is crucial to conceptually distinguish when the net effect of the two behaviors results in an overall increase or decrease in the behavioral outcome (Tiefenbeck et al., 2013).”
Home and away: cross-contextual consistency in tourists’ pro-environmental behavior (2020, background): “…are no longer obligated to engage in any other pro-environmental behaviors (Blanken et al., 2015; Kl € ockner et al., 2013; Merritt et al., 2010; Miller & Effron, 2010; Thøgersen & Olander, 2003) or that they are “ licensed ” to engage in environmentally harmful behaviors (Tiefenbeck et al., 2013).”
Moral licensing, moral cleansing and pro-environmental behaviour: The moderating role of pro-environmental attitudes (2019, background): “, 2009) and in the pro-environmental behaviour domain (Tiefenbeck et al., 2013).”
Reducing energy demand through low carbon innovation: A sociotechnical transitions perspective and thirteen research debates (2018, background): “There is a need to apply the relevant techniques to other innovations, contexts, datasets and time periods, and to extend the analysis to include broader psychological, social, institutional and other factors that either offset, reinforce or contribute additional rebounds – for example, the phenomen”
Funding Renewable Energy: An Analysis of Renewable Portfolio Standards (2017, background): “…have seen declines in emissions in recent years, likely due to both increases in awareness about potential harms of emissions on global climate (Tiefenbeck et al., 2013; Jacobsen et al., 2012) but also due to income shocks associated with the Great Recession of 2009 (Burnett et al., 2013;…”
Consumers and their behavior: state of the art in behavioral science supporting use phase modeling in LCA and ecodesign (2016, background): “For example, an intervention designed to lower water consumption was effective at achieving this goal, but at the same time increased energy consumption (Tiefenbeck et al. 2013).”
Spillover effects in environmental behaviors, across time and context: a review and research agenda (2017, background): “We suggest that negative spillovers should not be ignored in the pro-environmental domain, since some studies show influence of negative spillovers in pro-environmental issues, both in laboratory and field studies (e.g. Catlin and Wang 2012; Tiefenbeck et al. 2013).”
Green Consumerism: Moral Motivations to a Sustainable Future (2015, background): “For example, households that managed to conserve water subsequently increased their energy consumption, and recycling decreased people’s likelihood of using reusable grocery bags [42,43].”
Positive and negative spillover of pro-environmental behavior: An integrative review and theoretical framework (2014, background): “Such studies are more difficult to carry out, but some initial forays into experimental and longitudinal work have been conducted (e.g., Baca-Motes et al., 2013; Thøgersen and O ¨ lander, 2003; Tiefenbeck et al., 2013).”