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Responsible Consumption

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Alternative consumerism; Conscious consumerism; Conscious consumption; Ecological consumption; Environmental-friendly consumption; Green consumption; Socially responsible consumerism

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Responsible consumption is both an ideology and a form of social movement that promotes the idea of a rational, economic, self-aware consumer who can adjust and limit its expectations and needs to serve common good through consumer behavior. It focuses not only on consumer rights but also on consumer obligations and has three dimensions: rational consumption, ethical consumption, and consumer activism.

Both historical and modern perspective consumptions play a vital role in supporting human existence. That is why its form is so crucial for human and social group development. However, studies and modern trends show that the contemporary style of consumption harms society, nature, and human psychology. Besides present consumptions, patterns are not justified by real needs, negating...

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  1. Cracow University of Economics, Kraków, Poland

    Adriana Paliwoda-Matiolańska

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  1. Adriana Paliwoda-Matiolańska
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  1. London Metropolitan University, Guildhall Faculty of Business and Law London Metropolitan University, London, UK

    Samuel Idowu

  2. Cologne Business School, Ingolstadt, Germany

    René Schmidpeter

  3. College of Business, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Nicholas Capaldi

  4. International Training Centre of the IL, International Labor Organization, Turin, Italy

    Liangrong Zu

  5. Department of Economics, Society and Politics, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy

    Mara Del Baldo

  6. Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal

    Rute Abreu

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  1. Unitelma Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

    Carmela Gulluscio

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Paliwoda-Matiolańska, A. (2020). Responsible Consumption. In: Idowu, S., Schmidpeter, R., Capaldi, N., Zu, L., Del Baldo, M., Abreu, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02006-4_29-1

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