What is an "ethical consumer?

To further explain: consumers typically overpay for something when they did not know a better-priced, equal-quality alternative exists which they would have been happy to pay for instead (perhaps a different brand, or from a different store).  Or, in...

What is a CONSUMER that lives on the FOREST FLOOR? Can a CONSUMER also be a DECOMPOSER? Say.. a bear. A bear is a consumer, it decomposes stuff in it's stomach right?.. Oh btw, is a mushroom a decomposer?

Please include the following: 1.Consumer awareness and its needs. 2.Various forms of consumer exploitation. 3.Role of producers in protecting consumer rights. 4.Case study on any one incident of violation of consumer rights and the decision by the Consumer...

How do the consumer union and consumer reports help consumer whith value motivation?

I was thinking about the consumer space, and realized that most products create value from on-going consumer loyalty.  Even for iterations you have to buy every year like Turbotax, people continue to use a product for a specific continuing purpose over...

I've come to the conclusion that I want to be an ethical consumer. I know some people will be cynical and think it's dumb; but, I feel like I need to do something to feel in integrity with myself-- even if my overall impact is minimal. For all of you...

Follow-up question to Consumer Psychology: When it comes to consumer psychology, what is the gap between attitude and intent? Traditional approaches to consumer marketing and product innovation follow the cognitive progression of attitude-intent-behavior...

Thanks to the faster-than-Moore's-Law pace of whole-genome sequencing technology, we're quickly approaching a world where semiconductor-size sequencers can be embedded into smartphones as LoCs (lab-on-a-chip). What are some possible consumer applications...

Wikipedia definition -- Consumer capitalism Consumer capitalism is a theoretical economic and social political condition in which consumer demand is manipulated, in a deliberate and coordinated way, on a very large scale, through mass-marketing techniques...