Ethics and Morality in Consumption

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.

"This book brilliantly unites dichotomized notions of ethics and consumption from a broad range of disciplines and perspective." –Helene Cherrier, Griffith University, Australia"It has been widely appreciated that consumption refuses to sit comfortably within disciplinary boundaries. Too frequently the limited range of disciplines actually represented within a book hinders claims of an interdisciplinary approach. It is therefore refreshing to see an approach to the study of consumption that acknowledges and brings together the differing perspectives that leading authors from diverse fields can bring to the subject of ethics in consumption." –Matthew Higgins, University of Leicester School of Management, UK"If consuming ethically is going to help solve the many social and ecological problems that humans currently face, then Ethics and Morality in Consumption is the kind of book we need: A book that provides fine literature reviews from multiple vantage points, that keeps re-situating and questioning the nature of ethical consumption, and that points to a bevy of questions that should keep scholars (and activists) busy for years to come." –Tim Kasser, Knox College, USA"In a world where inequality is increasing, and endless growth is unsupportable, it is difficult to imagine a more important topic than the ethics of consumption. This thorough and comprehensive collection guides us through the ethical terrain of our possible futures, and lays out the challenges we face in imagining a sustainable consumer culture." –Richard Wilk, Indiana University, USA

• ForewordRob HarrisonForewordTim LangIntroductionMichal Carrington, Deirdre Shaw and Andreas Chatzidakis 1. Towards a Sustainable Flourishing: Ethical Consumption and the Politics of ProsperityKate Soper2. Religion and Ethical Consumption: Supramorality and SpaceKaren Wenell3. The Economics of Ethical ConsumptionMartha A. Starr4. 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 ConsumptionMarylyn Carrigan and Carmela Bosangit6. Consumption Ethics in HistoryTerry Newholm and Sandy Newholm7. Putting Ethical Consumption in its Place: Geographical Perspectives Dorothea Kleine8. Buying a Better World: Ethical Consumption and the Critical Social Sciences Kim Humphrey9. Market, Society and Morality: Towards an Anthropology of Ethical ConsumptionPeter Leutchford10. Political Consumption: Ethics, Participation and Civic EngagementLauren Copeland and Lucy Atkinson11. Built Environment and Human Behaviour Challenges to Sustainable Consumption: A Gap Analysis Peter W. Newton and Denny Meyer12. Are We Walking Our Own Talk? Building Capacity for Ethical Consumption through Education for SustainabilityKathryn Hegarty13. Cultural Studies and Consumer CultureJo LittlerConclusionAndreas Chatzidakis, Michal Carrington and Deirdre Shaw