While "ethically-motivated consumption" can be traced back to at least the 19th century, globalization has recently prompted renewed attention to the promise and limits of consumption to further broader ethical and political goals. This paper evaluates factors that promote political consumption,...

Product stewardship practices are gaining popularity as producers work to minimize global resource utilization and negative environmental impacts. Thus, there is increasing pressure on the personnel who are responsible for improving supply chain performance. In this paper, we propose and measure...

This book investigates the concept of consumer social responsibility (CnSR) by considering the combination of ‘consumption behaviour' and ‘social responsibility'. It puts forward a theory of responsible consumption behaviour, then models and empirically tests this theory using quantitative...

Global economic slowdown is gradually diffusing across the whole of the developed world. As a repercussion and in hope to reverse the trend, the developed world for protecting their home industry are raising various issues in the name of quality and environment while trading with emerging...