Drawing on 20 long interviews (McCracken, 1988) with general consumers, this research suggests that the impact of various kinds of un/ethical business practices of a given company on consumers' perceived ethicality (CPE) is asymmetrical. The resulting taxonomy identifies three distinct...

Hochkarätige Wissenschaftler und Praktiker zeigen, wie man mit einem proaktiven Marketing dem Wettbewerb vorauseilen und nachhaltig erfolgreich sein kann. Mit dem Weitblick für Innovationen und der Antizipation von latenten Kundenbedürfnissen kann es gelingen, Kunden glücklich zu machen,...

This research provides a consumer perspective of corporate ethics. The study consists of twenty long interviews [McCracken, G., 1988. The long interview. Newbury Park, CA: Sage] with general consumers, and conceptualizes potential sources of consumer perceived ethicality (CPE) of a company/brand...

This article responds to key questions that Shea (2010) and Cohn (2010) raise on Brunk's (2010a) work on consumer perceived ethicality (CPE) of a company or brand and expands on suggestions for further research. In particular the response here (1) considers concerns of generalizability, impact...