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DOI :10.26650/B/SS05.2020.002.04   IUP :10.26650/B/SS05.2020.002.04    Full Text (PDF)

Ethical Consumption

Nil Engizek

Concerns about the environment and human well-being due to consumption patterns of consumers leads to the issue of ethical consumption and this has been gaining greater attention both in the business world and the academic world. There are numerous academic papers that have been published on this topic. There are non-profit and/or governmental organizations working on it. So it certainly is worth examining the issue of ethical consumption. This chapter represents an overall understanding of “ethical consumption”. Knowing what ethical consumption is and how to separate it from other related terms are the main aims of this chapter, as there are plenty of concepts such as consumer ethics, green consumption, business ethics in the literature which can be confusing for readers. The history of ethical consumption and the ways consumers choose to become an ethical consumer are discussed. The attitudebehaviour gap is the last headline debated in the chapter. Possible reasons and solutions are mentioned.



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