Ethics in Consumer Choice: The Influence of Ethical Issues on Nottingham University Students’ Apparel Purchase Decision

This paper attempts to examine Nottingham university students’ attitude towards ethical fashion and ethical consumption in general. A large amount of journal article were consulted and used as theoretical foundation to support and develop primary research. A triangulated research methodology which i...

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Main Author: Meng, Zijun
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23149/
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description This paper attempts to examine Nottingham university students’ attitude towards ethical fashion and ethical consumption in general. A large amount of journal article were consulted and used as theoretical foundation to support and develop primary research. A triangulated research methodology which involves 150 questionnaire survey and 4 face to face interviews have been carried out. The primary research finding suggest students are unlikely to make a socially responsible decision if they have to make tradeoffs between non-economic criteria and personal interests such as paying a premium price, fashion desire.
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spelling nottingham-231492018-02-16T11:42:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23149/ Ethics in Consumer Choice: The Influence of Ethical Issues on Nottingham University Students’ Apparel Purchase Decision Meng, Zijun This paper attempts to examine Nottingham university students’ attitude towards ethical fashion and ethical consumption in general. A large amount of journal article were consulted and used as theoretical foundation to support and develop primary research. A triangulated research methodology which involves 150 questionnaire survey and 4 face to face interviews have been carried out. The primary research finding suggest students are unlikely to make a socially responsible decision if they have to make tradeoffs between non-economic criteria and personal interests such as paying a premium price, fashion desire. 2009 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23149/1/MA_Dissertation_Zijun_Meng.pdf Meng, Zijun (2009) Ethics in Consumer Choice: The Influence of Ethical Issues on Nottingham University Students’ Apparel Purchase Decision. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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Ethics in Consumer Choice: The Influence of Ethical Issues on Nottingham University Students’ Apparel Purchase Decision
title Ethics in Consumer Choice: The Influence of Ethical Issues on Nottingham University Students’ Apparel Purchase Decision
title_full Ethics in Consumer Choice: The Influence of Ethical Issues on Nottingham University Students’ Apparel Purchase Decision
title_fullStr Ethics in Consumer Choice: The Influence of Ethical Issues on Nottingham University Students’ Apparel Purchase Decision
title_full_unstemmed Ethics in Consumer Choice: The Influence of Ethical Issues on Nottingham University Students’ Apparel Purchase Decision
title_short Ethics in Consumer Choice: The Influence of Ethical Issues on Nottingham University Students’ Apparel Purchase Decision
title_sort ethics in consumer choice: the influence of ethical issues on nottingham university students’ apparel purchase decision
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23149/