The Missing Link Between Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Trust: The Case of Fair Trade Products
This paper investigates the link between the consumer perception that a company is socially oriented and the consumer intention to buy products marketed by that company. We suggest that this link exists when at least two conditions prevail: (1) the products sold by that company comply with ethical a...
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格式: | 電子 Article |
語言: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2009
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2009, 卷: 84, 發布: 1, Pages: 1-15 |
Further subjects: | B
Retail
B 企業社會責任 B Consumer behavior B 托拉斯 B Structural equation models B Fair Trade |
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總結: | This paper investigates the link between the consumer perception that a company is socially oriented and the consumer intention to buy products marketed by that company. We suggest that this link exists when at least two conditions prevail: (1) the products sold by that company comply with ethical and social requirements; (2) the company has an acknowledged commitment to protect consumer rights and interests. To test these hypotheses, we conducted a survey among the clients of retail chains offering Fair Trade products. The results show that socially oriented companies can successfully leverage their reputation to market products with high symbolic values. |
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ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9669-4 |