Ethical consumption as a reflexive life project

2018 ◽  
pp. 57-67
Author(s):  
Manyukhina Yana
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Consumption ◽  
Life Project

scholarly journals Unmanageable multiplicity: consumer transformation towards moral self coherence

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 1300-1325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal J Carrington ◽  
Ben Neville ◽  
Robin Canniford
Keyword(s):  
Moral Dilemma ◽  
Current Theory ◽  
Ethical Consumption ◽  
Moral Self ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Life Project ◽  
Ethical Consumers ◽  
Consumer Experiences ◽  
Marketing Practitioner ◽  
Life Projects

Purpose – This study aims to explore: consumer experiences of intense moral dilemma arising from identity multiplicity conflict, expressed in the marketplace, which demand stark moral choices and consumer response to intensely felt moral tension where their sense of coherent moral self is at stake. Design/methodology/approach – The authors gathered ethnographic data from amongst ethical consumers, and theorised the data through theory of life projects and life themes to explain how multiplicity can become an unmanageable problem in the midst of moral dilemma. Findings – The authors reveal that in contrast to notions of liberating or manageable multiplicity conflict, some consumers experience intense moral anxiety that is unmanageable. The authors find that this unmanageable moral tension can provoke consumers to transform self and consumption choices to construct a coherent moral self. The authors identify this transformation as the meta life project. Research limitations/implications – This work contributes to knowledge of multiplicity, consumer life themes and life projects, moral dilemma and ethical consumption by showing that some experiences of moral anxiety arising from multiplicity conflict are unmanageable, and these consumers seek moral self re-unification through the meta life project. Practical implications – This study provides practical guidance to companies, marketers, public organisations and activist groups seeking to understand and harness consumers’ moral codes to promote ethical consumption practices. Originality/value – The authors extend current theory of multiplicity into the moral domain to illustrate limitations of framing consumer experiences of multiplicity conflict as being either liberating or manageable when consumers’ sense of moral self is at stake. This article is of interest to academic, marketing practitioner and public policy audiences.

Psychological Resilience Provides No Independent Protection From Suicidal Risk

Crisis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danica W. Y. Liu ◽  
A. Kate Fairweather-Schmidt ◽  
Richard Burns ◽  
Rachel M. Roberts ◽  
Kaarin J. Anstey
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Project ◽  
Resilience Factors ◽  
First Time

Abstract. Background: Little is known about the role of resilience in the likelihood of suicidal ideation (SI) over time. Aims: We examined the association between resilience and SI in a young-adult cohort over 4 years. Our objectives were to determine whether resilience was associated with SI at follow-up or, conversely, whether SI was associated with lowered resilience at follow-up. Method: Participants were selected from the Personality and Total Health (PATH) Through Life Project from Canberra and Queanbeyan, Australia, aged 28–32 years at the first time point and 32–36 at the second. Multinomial, linear, and binary regression analyses explored the association between resilience and SI over two time points. Models were adjusted for suicidality risk factors. Results: While unadjusted analyses identified associations between resilience and SI, these effects were fully explained by the inclusion of other suicidality risk factors. Conclusion: Despite strong cross-sectional associations, resilience and SI appear to be unrelated in a longitudinal context, once risk/resilience factors are controlled for. As independent indicators of psychological well-being, suicidality and resilience are essential if current status is to be captured. However, the addition of other factors (e.g., support, mastery) makes this association tenuous. Consequently, resilience per se may not be protective of SI.

Feeling good by doing good: Self-enhancing through ethical consumption

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remi Trudel ◽  
Jill Klein ◽  
Sankar Sen ◽  
Niraj Dawar
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Consumption

Family Life Project Executive Function Task Battery

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Willoughby ◽  
◽  
Clancy B. Blair ◽  
R. J. Wirth ◽  
Mark Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Executive Function ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Life Project ◽  
Family Life Project

Protective factors and its relationship with the beginning of sexual relations in Teenagers in the Educational Private Institution Señor de la Misericordia, Salaverry

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Gloria Julca Flores
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Sexual Relations ◽  
Functional Level ◽  
Private Institution ◽  
Life Project

The present research had as objective to determine the protective factors: Self-esteem level, life project and family functioning and its relation with the beginning of the sexual relations in Teenagers of Educational Private Institution Señor de la Misericordia, Salaverry, 2014. The procedure followed in the investigation was to identify the protective factors: Self-esteem level, life project and family functioning and its relation with the beginning of having sex in Teenagers in the Educational Private Institution Señor de la Misericordia, Salaverry. Also described the beginning of having sex in Teenagers of Educational Private Institution Señor de la Misericordia, Salaverry. The following were the most significant results of the study: Average Self-esteem Level (88.7%), Established Life Project (95.2%), Family Functional Level: Moderately Functional (43.5%) and Functional (54.8%), 35.5% of Teenagers in the study had sex. In addition, no significant relationship was found between the level of self-esteem, life project and level of family functioning perceived with the beginning of having sex in Teenagers of Educational Private Institution Señor de la Misericordia – Salaverry.

La juventud rural en Colombia: estudio crítico sobre el acceso a la formación académica superior

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (14) ◽  
pp. 166-181
Author(s):  
Elvis Pinzón Laitón
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Time Lapse ◽  
The State ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Rural Sector ◽  
Life Project ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
The Right ◽  
Public Politics

El escrito demuestra que los(as) jóvenes del sector ru- ral, con relación a la educación superior, requieren de una pronta y justa atención por parte del Estado para ayudarlos(as) a superar las dificultades que afrontan una vez terminan la educación media, de modo que no vean frustrado el desarrollo de su proyecto de vida. Enfatiza en la importancia de la formulación y ejecución de polí- ticas públicas claras y adecuadas a las necesidades de los egresados de aquellos municipios distantes a las universi- dades, caso específico los de Tununguá, Boyacá, Colom- bia. Defiende la educación como el medio más importante para el desarrollo del sector rural en el país; esto implica cobertura, ayuda económica, orientación a las familias y compromiso del (la) joven para hacer parte de procesos formativos a nivel profesional en el campo de conocimien- to de su preferencia, y de esta forma acceder a otros estilos de vida para su familia, en el marco de un país que recono- ce el derecho a la igualdad.The writing shows that the young’s of the rural sector in relation to higher education, require a prompt and fair attention of the state to help to overcome the difficulties they face once, they finish their media education studies, frustrating the development of the life project, of each teenage, which is built in this time lapse. It focuses on the importance of the formulation and execution of clear public politics suitable to the necessity of the graduates of those towns distant of the universities as is the specific case of Tununguá (Boyacá, Colombia). It defends the ed- ucation line the most suitable media for the development of the rural sector in our country. It implies coverage, economic help, orientation to the families and commit- ment of the young to make part of formative processes at professional level in the knowledge field the student selects and on this way to get other life styles for their families inside the framework of a country that promul- gates the right to equality. 

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