The role of ethical obligation and self-identity in ethical consumer choice

By D. Shaw, Edward Shiu. 2002

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Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Marketing

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Citations in the corpus

• Does Having an Ethical Brand Matter? The Influence of Consumer Perceived Ethicality on Trust, Affect and Loyalty (2012, background): “In recent years, ethical consumerism (Carrigan and Attalla 2001; Shaw and Shiu 2002) has emerged as an important influence on business.”
• Can Consumers Buy Responsibly? Analysis and Solutions for Market Failures (2008, background): “These moral views have been called “ethical obligation” and defined as a concern for others ( Shaw and Shiu 2002a, b, 2003).”
• The coherence of inconsistencies: Attitude–behaviour gaps and new consumption communities (2012, unknown): “…aspects of individual consumer behaviour (i.e. Ajzen, 1991; Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980; Allen & Ferrand, 1999; Bagozzi, 1993; Bagozzi & Warshaw, 1990; Chatzidakis, Hibbert, & Smith, 2007; Shaw, 2005; Shaw & Clarke, 1999; Shaw & Shiu, 2002, 2003; Shaw, Shiu, & Clarke, 2000; Sparks & Shepherd, 1992).”
• An Exploratory Study into the Factors Impeding Ethical Consumption (2011, background): “Shaw’s group found not only that these two latter constructs influence attitudes, but that the direct contributions of ethical obligation and selfidentity may be more significant than the original constructs of attitudes and subjective norm (Shaw and Shiu, 2002; Shaw et al., 2000).”
• Consumers' willingness to knowingly purchase counterfeit products (2009, methodology): “TPB is based on the attitude-behaviour relationship linking attitudes, SNs, PBC, behavioural intentions and behaviour ( Shaw and Shiu, 2002”
• Consumer motives for purchasing organic coffee (2015, background): “Sparks et al. (1995) argued that the subjective norm construct is the weakest predictor of intentions and, consequently, removed subjective norms from their study.”
• The mindful consumer: Balancing egoistic and altruistic motivations to purchase local food (2018, background): “Ethical self-identity refers to the extent to which a consumer is driven by ethical motives when making consumption choices (Shaw et al., 2000; Shaw and Shiu, 2002).”
• The role of health consciousness, food safety concern and ethical identity on attitudes and intentions towards organic food (2008, background): “Choo et al. 2004; Shaw & Shiu, 2002a; Shaw”
• A Model for Fair Trade Buying Behaviour: The Role of Perceived Quantity and Quality of Information and of Product-specific Attitudes (2007, background): “Consequently, these studies measure constructs such as knowledge, attitudes, and buying intentions and behaviour (Boulstridge and Carrigan, 2000; Carrigan and Attalla, 2001; Shaw and Shiu, 2002, 2003; Vitell et al., 2001).”