Lecture 8 Flashcards
What is Crane and Mattens definition of ethical consumption?
The conscious and deliberate decision to make certain consumption choices due to moral beliefs and values
What are the key issues sustainable consumption is concerned with
Meeting needs Enhancing the quality of life Improving efficiency Minimising waste How do we meet the basic requirement of life and improvement for both current generations whilst reducing environmental damage and risk to health
What is Gabriel and Lang’s definition of a consumer citizen?
A responsible consumer, a socially aware consumer, a consumer who thinks ahead and tempers his or her desires by social awareness and a consumer who must be occasionally prepared to sacrifice
What do shaw and shui outline as the decision making process
Subjective norms- what you think you should do
Attitudes- feelings about the thing itself
Perceive behavioural control- extent to which you believe you can do something
What are the key obstacles to ethical consumption?
Motivational obstacles- lack of awareness
Cognitive obstacles- perception of ethical attributes
Time and financial constraints
Cultural and social norms
Infrastructure and available alternatives
Marketing of sustainable alternatives
Subsidies for goods and services
What is marketings role in promoting sustainable consumption
Raise awareness of issues
Appeal to different motives
Provide information from which consumers can form positive attitudes
Provide evidence of impact
Create positive social pressure/ advocacy
Avoid inhibiting factors
What is the voting with your wallet perspective
Need to shift to customer citizenship
Consumer- an economic concept, assumes indiciduals choose marketplace offerings
Citizen - a political ideal, rooted in collective responsibility to social and ecological commons
What are the ideological tensions that exist for the citizen consume hybrid
Consumer willingness to restrict choice
Perfect information
An educated, knowledgeable consumer
What are the tensions dies to political-economic
Ethical niche support class based identity Neglected access to quality/ethical offering for other groups More dollars more votes
What are the tensions due to political ecology
Consumption as a way to preserve the environment?
Ethical products: engineered to stimulate desire?
What does thogersen (2005) say
Consumers in rich parts of the world make less effort in changing lifestyles
Current lifestyles of affluent consumers are not sustainable
Consumer, business and government all lack motivation for sustainability
Consumers should carry their fair share of responsibility for consumption
Consumer model should be revised to include consumers ethical responsibility
Macro conditions exist which can be blamed for problem and contraining efforts
Individuals are less likely to sacrifice for common good the less uncertain they are that others will contribute
What does Johnson (2008) say
The citizen consumer is an ideology that can satisfy competing ideologies of consumerism and citizenship
Suggests commodity choice can satisfy individual desire for personal health and happiness whilst generating sustainability and harmony for society as a whole
Can satisfy personal desire whilst simultaneously addressing social and ecological injustices
What is the UNEP, 2001 definition of sustainable consumption
How do we meet the basic requirement of life and improvement for both current and future generations whilst reducing environmental damage and risk to health
What are the personal resource limitations that constrain the amount of effort an individual can be expected to support
Time
Cognitive capacity
Self control
Knowledge
What is ethical consumer discourse
Suggests that commodity choice can satisfy an individuals desire while generating sustainability and social harmony
