The Virtuous Consumer
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The Virtuous Consumer
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Author : Leslie Garrett
language : en
Publisher: New World Library
Release Date : 2011-02-09
The Virtuous Consumer written by Leslie Garrett and has been published by New World Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-09 with Nature categories.
Sure, there are people who chain themselves to old-growth trees, raise their one child diaper-free, and make their own soap. The Virtuous Consumer is for the rest of us, struggling to make choices that are better for the planet — and for us. Leslie Garrett has created a comprehensive reference guide that — like a smart, funny, and eco-conscious friend — will steer you toward ethical purchases for everything from lipstick to cars, kids' toys to a new mattress. The Virtuous Consumer is your key to shopping consciously and creating a simpler, greener lifestyle.
The Virtuous Consumer
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
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Key to this thesis asks are questions of individual versus collective action, digital versus traditional media and the overriding instance that such actions and tools are being employed not in the traditional political sphere of governments and civil society, but in the non-state space of the market. Noting key circumstances of market-based actions mediated by information and communication technology (case-studies include an examination of mobile phone philanthropy and Wal-Mart reform), this paper asks broadly: under what conditions does the market become a space for political participation? Specifically, how does consumption relate to citizenship and civic-engagement? And how does technology affect collective action and efforts by consumer activists working to advance social changes within the digital economy? In response, this thesis argues that the ascent of virtuous consumption (the predication of purchase preferences on political concerns) as an increasingly viable agent for social change along with the simultaneous rise of digital social-network devices as a tool for collective action has enabled the shift of the public, political space from the state to markets. That the growth of responsible consumption occurs with the increase in adoption of user-driven social-software is not seen as a coincidence, but a significant, deliberate correlation. After all, virtuous consumption in its modern form draws its power from the information and network-inclusion that digital social-networking devices provide. The thesis synthesizes a cross-disciplinary portfolio of theoretical concerns such as citizenship and consumer behavior, information technology and collective action along with network theory, social capital and civic virtue. From this, the paper defines key conditions to virtuous consumption which include a) consumer concerns with the production, distribution and marketing of consumer goods and services; b) common distrust with government and corporate organizations along with declining reliance on civil society and other traditional forms of participation to express the virtues of citizenship; and c) emerging preference for mechanisms which imbed individualized actions in broad, informal networks. The consequent conditions to the proposed market-as-political-space draws primarily from the assertion that the market is a political space and, armed with choice and unprecedented access to information, consumers are also political actors able to vote for changes in corporate policies and practices through their shopping behavior.
Deserving To Indulge And Donate Drivers Of Virtuous Consumer Behavior
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Deserving To Indulge And Donate Drivers Of Virtuous Consumer Behavior written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.
Political Virtue And Shopping
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Author : M. Micheletti
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2015-11-28
Political Virtue And Shopping written by M. Micheletti and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-28 with Political Science categories.
Political consumerism is turning the market into a site for politics and ethics. It is consumer choice of producers and products on the basis of attitudes and values of personal and family well-being as well as ethical or political assessment of business and government practice. In the face of economic globalization and a regulatory vacuum, consumers increasingly take responsibility in their own hands, making the market an important venue for political action through their decisions of what to purchase. This book opens the readers' eyes to a new way of viewing everyday consumer choices and the role of the market in our lives, illuminating the broader theoretical and historical context of concerns about sweatshops, responsible coffee, and ethical and free trade. Contemporary forms of political consumerism - boycotts, labelling schemes, stewardship certification, socially responsible investing, etc. - are described and evaluated. Individual actions are shown to be important in the complexity of globalization.
Consumer Ethics In A Global Economy
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Author : Daniel K. Finn
language : en
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Release Date : 2019-11-01
Consumer Ethics In A Global Economy written by Daniel K. Finn and has been published by Georgetown University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-01 with Philosophy categories.
It is a serious mistake to think that all we need for a just world is properly-structured organizations. But it is equally wrong to believe that all we need are virtuous people. Social structures alter people's decisions through the influence of the restrictions and opportunities they present. Does buying a shirt at the local department store create for you some responsibility for the workplace welfare of the women who sewed it half a planet away? Many people interested in justice have claimed so, but without identifying any causal link between consumer and producer, for the simple reason that no single consumer has any perceptible effect on any of those producers. Finn uses a critical realist understanding of social structures to view both the positive and negative effects of the market as a social structure comprising a long chain of causal relations from consumer/clerk to factory manager/seamstress. This causal connection creates a consequent moral responsibility for consumers and society for the destructive effects that markets help to create. Clearly written and engaging, this book is a must-read for scholars involved with these moral issues.
The Production Of Consumers And The Formation Of Desire
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Author : Christine Darr
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-12-13
The Production Of Consumers And The Formation Of Desire written by Christine Darr and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-13 with Religion categories.
We live in a society surrounded by stuff and bombarded with advertisements that try to convince us that shopping will improve our lives. Sometimes our lives do improve, yet our purchases are more often motivated by an impulse to satisfy immediate desires rather than reflective deliberation about how our purchasing choices enable us to live the lives we want. Christian moral reflection often criticizes this conundrum as “mindless consumerism,” arguing that it pulls Christians away from loving God above all things. While such critiques often encourage Christians to focus their desire on God rather than material goods, we might still wonder how we can exercise such control over our desires. By attending to desire itself ─ how it arises, how it is shaped by social context, and its role in cultivating a virtuous life ─ we can learn how to desire and then act in ways that are more consonant with our conception of what it means to live well. Within the Christian tradition, Thomas Aquinas offers a compelling model of human desire that, when juxtaposed with Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of social practices, can help us make more considered judgments about how to navigate the consumer society in which we live.
A Virtuous Cycle
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Author : Kamran Kashani
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
A Virtuous Cycle written by Kamran Kashani and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Brand name products categories.
All For One
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Author : Jennifer Dylan Callahan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
All For One written by Jennifer Dylan Callahan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
Consumer Moral Leadership
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Author : Sue L.T. McGregor
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Consumer Moral Leadership written by Sue L.T. McGregor and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Education categories.
This book shares a collection of novel ways to re-conceptualize and envision the moral imperatives of consumption, thereby providing invigorating insights for future dialogue and intellectual and social action. It privileges a consumer moral leadership imperative, which augments the conventional management imperatives of sustainability, ethics, simplicity and environmental integrity.
Handbook Of Virtue Ethics In Business And Management
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Author : Alejo José G. Sison
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-11-15
Handbook Of Virtue Ethics In Business And Management written by Alejo José G. Sison and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-15 with Philosophy categories.
This volume examines the breadth and depth of virtue ethics and aims to counter the virtue ethics amnesia that both afflicts general moral philosophy and affects business and management ethics. Divided into two parts, the handbook starts out with a historical introduction and chronology of the development of virtue ethics, providing a comprehensive assessment of its evolution and identifying the most influential authors and their works. The authors discussed include those who follow a philosophical or conceptual tradition in their treatment of virtue and those who belong to the research tradition of positive science, in particular, empirical, quantitative and applied psychology. The second part of the book discusses systematic approaches and major themes developed in virtue ethics. These contributions are conceptual, empirical/applied or case studies. They offer insight into the different topics to which virtue ethics has been applied, and show how virtue ethics has influenced the various operational areas of firms. Finally, they examine the virtue ethics responses to some of the most important issues that businesses and organizations face in the 21st century.