“Green cannibalism” or an “organic inside job”? Empirical insights into the rivalry of ethical grocery types

Frank, Phillip; Brock, Christian

doi:10.1002/mar.21199

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“…energy conservation) are usually evaluating product categories, such as organic foods, for measuring "green consumption" (Ngobo, 2011, Van Doorn & Verhoef, 2015, de-Magistris, & Gracia, 2016, Frank & Brock, 2019, while fair trade has commonly been seen as part of socially responsible consumption (de Pelsmacker & Janssens, 2007, Frank & Brock, 2019. Some authors have aimed to assess "competitive situation of the ethical grocery market" (p. 598, Frank & Brock, 2019). They find fair trade products as complementary products, while local and organic groceries as substitutes to each other when consumers buy "green" (Frank & Brock, 2019).…”

Section: Responsible Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some authors have aimed to assess "competitive situation of the ethical grocery market" (p. 598, Frank & Brock, 2019). They find fair trade products as complementary products, while local and organic groceries as substitutes to each other when consumers buy "green" (Frank & Brock, 2019).…”

Section: Responsible Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Besides including sustainability dimensions in their research, some authors also combine it with additional concept of self (health and safety) vs. other (e.g. support local economy) related motives for behavior (Frank & Brock, 2019) and combine it with perceived value concept (Currás-Pérez,…”

Section: Responsible Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Research by Catlin et al (2017) shows that consumers perceive the social and environmental dimensions of sustainability as psychologically distinct and align the social dimension of sustainability with local, short term and affective reflections while the environmental dimension with global, long-term and cognitive thoughts. More productoriented research includes multidimensionality by comparing competing/substitute products of organic, local and fair trade ethical alternatives (Frank & Brock, 2019). More research is still needed with regard to questions whether consumers act differently when behaving in environmentally or socially responsible way, how do environmentally and socially responsible behaviors differ regarding their antecedents; whether marketers need to separate environmental and social appeals and how can they create successful sustainability programs that are aligned to consumer sustainability needs and wants.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Antecedents of Environmentally and Socially Responsible Sustainable Consumer Behavior

2020

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Responsible sustainable consumer behavior (RSCB) involves a complex pattern of environmental and social issues, in line with the view of sustainability as a construct with both environmental and social pillar. So far, environmental dimension was far more researched than social dimension. In this article, we investigate the antecedents of both environmentally and socially RSCB and willingness to behave in environmentally/socially responsible way. We include measures of concern, perceived consumer control/effectiveness, personal/social norms and ethical ideologies/obligation to better explain and extend the traditional theory of planned behavior. Additionally, we test the impact of information availability about environmental or social impact on RSCB. Our findings on a representative sample of 426 respondents (ages 18 to 65) show that in general, antecedents of environmentally and socially responsible sustainable consumption are similar in their effect on consumer behavior, with personal norms, concern and ethical ideologies having the strongest impact on RSCB. When comparing both types of behavior, socially responsible behavior is more influenced by perceived behavioral control and possibly social norms than environmentally responsible behavior, while information availability plays its role for both behaviors. Sustainable responsible consumption can be achieved by embracing both dimensions of sustainability and consumers need to have a sense for both social and environmental issues. The complexity and struggles between doing what is good for environment and society could be the reason why consumers have difficulties achieving sustainable responsible consumption.

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Section: Responsible Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Responsible Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Responsible Sustainable Consumer Behavior and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Consequently, modelers attempt to identify factors and processes that may hinder SCB. Among the most common, are explanations of the IBG such as barriers to SCB such as price premiums overtaking consumers' willingness to pay extra [103,104], the unavailability of sustainable/green alternatives [104,105] and lower perceived quality [106]. Further common explanations of the gap include situational factors, such as citizen-consumer role conflicts [107], and information-based reasons like lack of knowledge or trust regarding some sustainable product/service [108] and information overload, typically present in a market setting [109].…”

Section: Perspectives On the Intention-behavior Gap In Sustainable Comentioning

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Consumption in the Circular Economy: Learning from Our Mistakes

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The Circular Economy (CE) is gaining increasing attention among businesses, policymakers and academia, and across research disciplines. While the concept’s strong diffusion may be considered its main strength, it has also contributed to the emergence of many different understandings and definitions, which may hinder or slow down its success. Specifically, despite growing attention, the role of the consumption side in the CE remains a largely under-researched topic. In the present review, we first search the literature by means of snowball mapping and a systematic key-word strategy, and then critically analyze the identified sources in order to elucidate the fundamental elements that should characterize consumption in a CE. We extract two pillars, directly from definition, that should be at the nucleus of future research on consumption in the CE: (1) the hierarchical nature of circular strategies, with “reduce” being preferred to all other strategies; and (2) the inadequacy of defining the CE only through its loops or strategies without considering its goal of attaining sustainable development. Moreover, the discussion is placed within the extant consumer research streams deemed relevant, in order to bridge these with the context of the CE. We highlight limitations of said research streams regarding their typical focus on the quality (and not the quantity) of consumption, the lack of heterogeneity in the theories and data collection methods employed, and the non-impact-based instruments typically used to measure consumption behaviors. We show how these limitations have contributed to the emergence of the intention–behavior gap, a phenomenon extant studies identify as key to overcome for encouraging sustainable consumption practices. In particular, we focus the analysis on the intention–behavior gap in order to: (1) establish the state-of-the-art; and (2) uncover avenues for future research addressing extant limitations.

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Form and substance: Visual content in CSR reports and investors’ perceptions

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Bellucci

Acuti

et al. 2021

Psychology and Marketing

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Although the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting is well recognized, the influence of the visual characteristics of CSR reports on stakeholders' evaluations of companies is largely overlooked. Drawing on theories of the processing of fluency and legitimacy, this study deploys a content analysis and a realistic laboratory experiment to assess how the use of visuals in CSR reports affects investors' perceptions. With an international sample of large companies, the content analysis explores how reports use visuals and convey messages to readers.The subsequent experiment measures the optimal number of images in reports related to social responsibility. Specifically, we investigate whether a larger number of images increases the processing fluency of investors. Based on the theoretical background and the content analysis findings, we expect that an increase in processing fluency reduces perceived hypocrisy and, in turn, increases perceived organizational legitimacy. The results show that a moderate number of images (vs. zero images or a high number of images) increases investors' processing fluency and decreases their perception of hypocrisy, leading to higher levels of organizational legitimacy. This study concludes by providing actionable implications for how companies can improve their legitimacy through nonfinancial disclosure.

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“Green cannibalism” or an “organic inside job”? Empirical insights into the rivalry of ethical grocery types

Cited by 16 publications

References 70 publications

Antecedents of Environmentally and Socially Responsible Sustainable Consumer Behavior

Antecedents of Environmentally and Socially Responsible Sustainable Consumer Behavior

Consumption in the Circular Economy: Learning from Our Mistakes

Form and substance: Visual content in CSR reports and investors’ perceptions

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