Do What Consumers Say Matter? The Misalignment of Preferences with Unconstrained Ethical Intentions

Nearly all studies of consumers’ willingness to engage in ethical or socially responsible purchasing behavior is based on unconstrained survey response methods. In the present article we ask the question of how well does asking consumers the extent to which they care about a specific social or ethic...

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Authors: Auger, Pat (Author) ; Devinney, Timothy M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2007
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 76, Issue: 4, Pages: 361-383
Further subjects:B Survey methods
B Willingness-to-pay
B ethical product features
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