Do green products make us better people?

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 494-498

  Mazar, Nina ^a   Zhong, Chen Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumption; Decision making; Moral regulation

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MORALITY; RECUMBENCY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEFT;

ALTRUISM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; THEFT;

EID: 77951221303     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610363538     Document Type: Article

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