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dc.contributor.authorSeptianto, Felix
dc.contributor.authorTjiptono, Fandy
dc.contributor.authorArli, Dcnni
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-14T06:08:31Z
dc.date.available2020-05-14T06:08:31Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0309-0566
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/EJM-04-2018-0241
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/393874
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Prior research suggests that consumers can engage in moral decoupling by separating their judgments of morality from their judgments of performance. Hence, they might rationalize the benefits of unethical behavior without condoning the behavior itself. This paper aims to study how a discrete positive emotion, such as authentic pride, can mitigate moral decoupling. Design/methodology/approach: Using three experimental studies, this research investigates and tests the underlying mechanism driving authentic pride, its effects and its key moderator. The results are analyzed using ANOVAs, regression-based serial mediation and moderated mediation analyses. Findings: The results show that authentic pride decreases consumer acceptance of unethical behavior across different contexts, including purchase intentions for unethically manufactured products (Study 1), evaluations of the corporate social responsibility activities of a tobacco company (Study 2) and acceptance of questionable consumer behavior in daily situations (Study 3). Research limitations/implications: This research explores attitudes and behavioral intentions as dependent variables. It would thus be of interest for future research to examine a behavioral measure. Practical implications: Given the potential problems of moral decoupling among consumers, marketers can devise effective strategies to reduce this problem using authentic pride appeals. Originality/value: This research demonstrates how authentic pride can decrease consumer acceptance of unethical behavior. More importantly, this research enriches our understanding of the underlying mechanism driving the influence of authentic pride such that it increases the belief in a just world, which in turn lowers moral decoupling (a serial mediation).
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEmerald Publishing Limited
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom351
dc.relation.ispartofpageto379
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEuropean Journal of Marketing
dc.relation.ispartofvolume54
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommerce, management, tourism and services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode35
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsBusiness & Economics
dc.subject.keywordsPositive emotion
dc.subject.keywordsAuthentic pride
dc.titleAuthentically, proudly ethical The effects of authentic pride on consumer acceptance of unethical behavior
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSeptianto, F; Tjiptono, F; Arli, D, Authentically, proudly ethical The effects of authentic pride on consumer acceptance of unethical behavior, European Journal of Marketing, 2020, 54 (2), pp. 351-379
dc.date.updated2020-05-14T06:06:31Z
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gro.griffith.authorArli, Denni


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