Ethics and Morality in Consumption

Ethical consumerism is on the rise. No longer bound to the counter-cultural fringes, ethical concerns and practices are reaching into the mainstream of society and being adopted by everyday consumers - from considering carbon miles to purchasing free-range eggs to making renewable energy choices. The wide reach and magnitude of ethical issues in society across individual and collective consumption has given rise to a series of important questions that are inspiring scholars from a range of disciplinary areas. These differing disciplinary lenses, however, tend to be contained in separate streams of research literature that are developing in parallel and in relative isolation. Ethics in Morality and Consumption takes an interdisciplinary perspective to provide multiple vantage points in creating a more holistic and integrated view of ethics in consumption. In this sense, interdisciplinary presupposes the consideration of multiple and distinct disciplines, which in this book are considered in delineated chapters. In addition, the Editors make an editorial contribution in the final chapter of the book by combining these separate disciplinary perspectives to develop a nascent interdisciplinary perspective that integrates these perspectives and presents platforms for further research.

Deirdre Shaw is Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research at University of Glasgow, Scotland. Michal Carrington is Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Andreas Chatzidakis is Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Foreword Rob Harrison Foreword Tim Lang Introduction Michal Carrington, Deirdre Shaw and Andreas Chatzidakis 1. Towards a Sustainable Flourishing: Ethical Consumption and the Politics of Prosperity Kate Soper 2. Religion and Ethical Consumption: Supramorality and Space Karen Wenell 3. The Economics of Ethical Consumption Martha A. Starr 4. Morality and Green Consumer Behaviour: A Psychological Perspective Judith I. M. de Groot, Iljana Schubert and John Thøgersen 5. The Challenges of Responsible Marketing and Consumption Marylyn Carrigan and Carmela Bosangit 6. Consumption Ethics in History Terry Newholm and Sandy Newholm 7. Putting Ethical Consumption in its Place: Geographical Perspectives Dorothea Kleine 8. Buying a Better World: Ethical Consumption and the Critical Social Sciences Kim Humphrey 9. Market, Society and Morality: Towards an Anthropology of Ethical Consumption Peter Leutchford 10. Political Consumption: Ethics, Participation and Civic Engagement Lauren Copeland and Lucy Atkinson 11. Built Environment and Human Behaviour Challenges to Sustainable Consumption: A Gap Analysis Peter W. Newton and Denny Meyer 12. Are We Walking Our Own Talk? Building Capacity for Ethical Consumption through Education for Sustainability Kathryn Hegarty 13. Cultural Studies and Consumer Culture Jo Littler Conclusion Andreas Chatzidakis, Michal Carrington and Deirdre Shaw