Multinational retailers are now very powerful and their activities could influence whole economies. In this paper, we investigate why they engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices towards consumers, how it fosters sustainable development, and what the role of institutions are in...

Michael Foucault argued that 'the self' is socially constructed. So far as that is true, inhabitants of consumer societies have probably all internalized the social and institutional celebration of consumption, to varying extents, and this will have shaped our identities and worldviews, often in...