Ethics and social responsibility in Australian grocery shopping

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-316

  Williams, Jasmine ^a,b   Memery, Juliet ^a   Megicks, Philip ^a   Morrison, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Consumer psychology; Decision making; Ethics; Shopping; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949324690     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590551011032108     Document Type: Article

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