Ethical and social responsibility issues in grocery shopping: A preliminary typology

Qualitative Market Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 399-412

  Memery, Juliet ^a   Megicks, Phil ^a   Williams, Jasmine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate image; Ethics; Shopping; Social responsibility; Stores and supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644471252     PISSN: 13522752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13522750510619760     Document Type: Article

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