How moral outrage affects consumer’s perceived values of socially irresponsible companies

The research about responsible consumption began during the 70’s decade, but recently it became extremely relevant due to global warming and increasing social demands. In this regard, our research tries to determine the effects of moral outrage on consumers’ perceived values of socially irresponsibl...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Manuela Escobar-Sierra, Alejandra García-Cardona, Luz Dinora Vera Acevedo
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/215ecf3023cf4670abef0331a975343d
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:215ecf3023cf4670abef0331a975343d
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:215ecf3023cf4670abef0331a975343d2021-12-02T14:10:07ZHow moral outrage affects consumer’s perceived values of socially irresponsible companies2331-197510.1080/23311975.2021.1888668https://doaj.org/article/215ecf3023cf4670abef0331a975343d2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2021.1888668https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975The research about responsible consumption began during the 70’s decade, but recently it became extremely relevant due to global warming and increasing social demands. In this regard, our research tries to determine the effects of moral outrage on consumers’ perceived values of socially irresponsible companies. Once we introduce our research problem, we conduct in the first stage a literature review, to construct a conceptual model for responsible consumption. In the second section, we verified our previous conceptual model at a practical level, applying a quantitative approach through structural equations. Specifically, we verify the effects of the moral outrage, on consumers’ perceived values, in the context of a price cartel, that operated for more than 14 years, involving the biggest five producers of toilet paper, napkins, diapers, and handkerchiefs in Colombia. The findings show that the moral outrage due to corporate social irresponsibility, affect the consumer’s perceived values, related to (i) the consumer loyalty, and (ii) the consumer social and economic costs. Based on these findings, we suggest some implications for marketing practitioners, public policy-makers, shareholders and CEOs. Furthermore, we also recommend the future inclusion of the control mechanisms, and the technical cycle for products and services, in the responsible consumption studies.Manuela Escobar-SierraAlejandra García-CardonaLuz Dinora Vera AcevedoTaylor & Francis Grouparticleresponsible consumptioncorporate social irresponsibilitymoral outrageconsumers’ perceived valuesstructural equations modelling semBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic responsible consumption
corporate social irresponsibility
moral outrage
consumers’ perceived values
structural equations modelling sem
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle responsible consumption
corporate social irresponsibility
moral outrage
consumers’ perceived values
structural equations modelling sem
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Manuela Escobar-Sierra
Alejandra García-Cardona
Luz Dinora Vera Acevedo
How moral outrage affects consumer’s perceived values of socially irresponsible companies
description The research about responsible consumption began during the 70’s decade, but recently it became extremely relevant due to global warming and increasing social demands. In this regard, our research tries to determine the effects of moral outrage on consumers’ perceived values of socially irresponsible companies. Once we introduce our research problem, we conduct in the first stage a literature review, to construct a conceptual model for responsible consumption. In the second section, we verified our previous conceptual model at a practical level, applying a quantitative approach through structural equations. Specifically, we verify the effects of the moral outrage, on consumers’ perceived values, in the context of a price cartel, that operated for more than 14 years, involving the biggest five producers of toilet paper, napkins, diapers, and handkerchiefs in Colombia. The findings show that the moral outrage due to corporate social irresponsibility, affect the consumer’s perceived values, related to (i) the consumer loyalty, and (ii) the consumer social and economic costs. Based on these findings, we suggest some implications for marketing practitioners, public policy-makers, shareholders and CEOs. Furthermore, we also recommend the future inclusion of the control mechanisms, and the technical cycle for products and services, in the responsible consumption studies.
format article
author Manuela Escobar-Sierra
Alejandra García-Cardona
Luz Dinora Vera Acevedo
author_facet Manuela Escobar-Sierra
Alejandra García-Cardona
Luz Dinora Vera Acevedo
author_sort Manuela Escobar-Sierra
title How moral outrage affects consumer’s perceived values of socially irresponsible companies
title_short How moral outrage affects consumer’s perceived values of socially irresponsible companies
title_full How moral outrage affects consumer’s perceived values of socially irresponsible companies
title_fullStr How moral outrage affects consumer’s perceived values of socially irresponsible companies
title_full_unstemmed How moral outrage affects consumer’s perceived values of socially irresponsible companies
title_sort how moral outrage affects consumer’s perceived values of socially irresponsible companies
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/215ecf3023cf4670abef0331a975343d
work_keys_str_mv AT manuelaescobarsierra howmoraloutrageaffectsconsumersperceivedvaluesofsociallyirresponsiblecompanies
AT alejandragarciacardona howmoraloutrageaffectsconsumersperceivedvaluesofsociallyirresponsiblecompanies
AT luzdinoraveraacevedo howmoraloutrageaffectsconsumersperceivedvaluesofsociallyirresponsiblecompanies
_version_ 1718391892763213824