| Author: | Chiou, J-S. Pan, L-Y. |
| Title: | The impact of social Darwinism perception, status anxiety, perceived trust of people, and cultural orientation on consumer ethical beliefs |
| Journal: | Journal of Business Ethics
2008 : APR I, VOL. 78:4, p. 487-502 |
| Index terms: | consumer attitudes culture ethics Asia Taiwan |
| Freeterms: | values |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper aims at exploring the effects of cultural, political, and social values on consumers' ethical beliefs as to questionable consumption behaviours. The examined variables include cultural orientation, status anxiety, social Darwinism perception, and perceived trust of people. Based on a field survey in Taiwan, it is shown among others that consumers with low ethical beliefs have higher perception of social Darwinism and status anxiety than consumers possess neutral and high ethical beliefs etc. |
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