Consumer ethics: An application and empirical testing of the Hunt-Vitell theory of ethics

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-172

  Vitell, Scott J ^a   Singhapakdi, Anusorn ^b   Thomas, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Consumer marketing; Decision making; Ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040925654     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760110386018     Document Type: Article

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