Influence of Environmental Concerns and Moral Obligation on Purchase Intention: Evidence from Cambodia

Environmental issues and sustainability have attracted considerable attention. The public have been asked to change their conventional consumption patterns and purchase behaviours. This study expanded the theoretical base of green purchasing by extending the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and essays a comprehensive research framework to identify the antecedents and mediators of green purchase intention (GPI). Smart PLS version 3.2.8 was employed to test the theoretical framework against 314 observations of customers who had bought green products in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The current study extended the framework of the TPB model, in which perceived moral obligation (PMO) is introduced as an antecedent of attitudes towards green products, subjective norms (SN), and perceived behavioural control (PBC) vis-a-vis GPI. The findings reveal that environmental awareness and environmental concerns have a significant and positive influence on SN, PMO, and PBC. They also show that consumers’ PMO has a positive and significant impact on customers’ perceived value, including perceived environmental value and perceived environmental image. Furthermore, SN, PMO, PBC, and customers’ perceived value have a significant effect on attitudes towards green products. Both customer’s attitudes and perceived value have a positive effect on GPI. Theoretical and managerial implications are provided.

Service Quality in Tourism Public Health: Trust, Satisfaction, and Loyalty

The spread of COVID-19 and large-scale travel restrictions has caused serious damage to the global tourism industry. Tourists pay additional attention to public health services and their health during travel, but studies on tourism public health service quality (TPHSQ) are limited. Therefore, this study aims to define TPHSQ and revise and validate its scale. The result of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) indicates that TPHSQ includes two dimensions “overall environmental image” and “public health facilities and management.” And based on 456 valid samples, the relationship among TPHSQ, tourists’ trust, satisfaction, and loyalty was validated using the multiple linear regression models. Results revealed the importance of the TPHSQ in improving tourists’ satisfaction and recovering their trust and loyalty. These results provided several implications for research, practice, and society that can benefit diverse stakeholders, which could accelerate the recovery of the tourism industry.

Application of a digital automated system in the management of environmental accounting

The article considers a practical example of the introduction of a digital automated platform into the work of an economic entity within the framework of the implementation of digital national projects and the development of environmental responsibility of organizations. The role of greening the activities of enterprises in view of creating sustainable economic growth through the use of management solutions is shown. Special attention is paid to the construction of an environmental management concept aimed at minimizing financial and labor resources in the formation of the environmental image of the subject.

The importance of the export country's environmental image for consumer responses to an imported environmentally friendly product

PurposeFilling a gap in extant research regarding the measurement of an export country's environmental image and investigating its importance for consumers' evaluation of an environmentally differentiated imported product.Design/methodology/approachOnline surveys carried out in Denmark (Study 1), Germany and France (Study 2; N˜500 from each country). In Study 1, we develop an environmental country image instrument and investigate its nomological validity vis-à-vis other country image constructs and Danish consumers' evaluation of organic milk from Germany. In Study 2, we validate the instrument with consumers from Germany and France, evaluating organic milk from Denmark.FindingsConsumers differentiate between a country's environmental image and its general and production-related images. The country's environmental image is important to consumers' evaluation of an environmentally differentiated product from the country. Specifically, we find that a country's environmental image strongly influences its product-specific images and, through these, the consumer's evaluation of an organic food product from the country.Practical implicationsConsumers' use of a country's environmental image as a cue to the credibility of environmental claims gives competitive advantages to exporters from countries with a favorable environmental image, while exporters from countries with an unfavorable environmental image need measures to compensate. Companies and countries should monitor how the environmental image of their country evolves in important markets and be ready to act when facing damages to their country's environmental image.Originality/valueThis article is the first to propose a measure of environmental country image and to document that consumers use the environmental image of an exporting country to assess environmental claims on imported products.

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT OF AN ENTERPRISE AS A TOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

The article deals with one of the economic tools for environmental management – environmental audit. Currently, this type of audit is in demand in the market of environmental services for several reasons – the presence of a good environmental image as one of the competitive advantages, and the prevention of violations of environmental legislation, etc. In addition, the work carried out a step-by-step calculation of the cost of audit services for a specific organization related to nature users operating category II facilities, taking into account its financial indicators, the scale of activities and other factors.

ECOLOGICAL IMAGE OF COASTAL DESTINATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA

The paper analyzes various approaches to defining the definitions of «image» and «environmental image». The differences between the concept of «image» and «reputation» are revealed. The importance of coastal destinations in the development of tourism in the territory of the Republic of Crimea has been determined. The factors influencing the ecological image of coastal destinations are highlighted. They are grouped into six main groups: political; economic; informational; technical and technological; resource and consumer. It has been established that the forms and scales of recreational resource use and resource consumption on the territory of the peninsula do not correspond to the volume and structure of its natural resource potential; insufficient economic and environmental efficiency of recreational activities is often noted. The influence of the ecological aspect on the formation of the tourist image of the Republic of Crimea is analyzed. Еhe main reasons contributing to the formation of a negative ecological image of Crimea are the consequences felt by a tourist and associated with air pollution by emissions of harmful substances from stationary and mobile sources of pollution; unresolved problem of waste collection and disposal; pollution of the Black and Azov Seas with household and industrial wastewater; an increase in the recreational load on the natural complexes of coastal destinations; reduction of beach areas. Also, the formation of the image of the Republic of Crimea is associated with a number of problems caused by the desire of official sources to «embellish» reality and the desire of «well-wishers» to create an image of Crimea as an unjustifiably expensive, dirty and hazardous destination for health. State programs aimed at overcoming the ecological problems of the peninsula are analyzed.

The Image of Judges and Courts Perceived by Children

A view on law, legislation, law-enforcement institutions and officers formed in childhood may affect personal views and behavior in adulthood. Development of such an image is important aspect of legal socialization process as it may be crucial for law compliance, interaction with law enforcement officers and trust in legal system, etc. The present study was focused at filling the gap in the studies revealing perceived image of judges and courts formed in childhood. 110 boys and 112 girls, aged 7 – 10, participated in the study. To evaluate the image of judges and courts Draw-A-Judge-Test followed by semi-structured interview was used. The results revealed that 7–10-year-olds have a more or less realistic mental picture of judges and their working place. No gender or age differences were revealed comparing both: realism and character of judge image in drawings. Realism of the drawings was related to the source of information about courts and judges. The analysis of verbal responses showed that younger children possess more positive environmental image of a court, while older children have less positive social image of a judge.

Combining Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence Scene Recognition in Real-time Environment Image Planning Walkable Area

This study developed scene recognition and cloud computing technology for real-time environmental image-based regional planning using artificial intelligence. TensorFlow object detection functions were used for artificial intelligence technology. First, an image from the environment is transmitted to a cloud server for cloud computing, and all objects in the image are marked using a bounding box method. Obstacle detection is performed using object detection, and the associated technique algorithm is used to mark walkable areas and relative coordinates. The results of this study provide a machine vision application combined with cloud computing and artificial intelligence scene recognition that can be used to complete walking space activities planned by a cleaning robot or unmanned vehicle through real-time utilization of images from the environment.

The environmentalization of urban entrepreneurialism: From technopolis to start-up city

This paper investigates two trends in contemporary forms of urban entrepreneurialism: (a) an increasing focus on cultivating entrepreneurship, and (b) the promotion of entrepreneurial ecosystems that leverage culture and sustainability to attract and support entrepreneurs. We argue that these trends signify a shift from the entrepreneurial city to new strategies that shape cities for entrepreneurs. Underpinning this development is a broad normalization and valorization of entrepreneurship as the dominant pathway for urban economic growth. Additionally, we show how sustainability and greening are enrolled in these economic development strategies, promising to bolster the environmental image of the city. We highlight these two changes by focusing on the intellectual foundations of the technopolis concept in Austin, Texas, and the development of a cleantech entrepreneurial ecosystem that has increasingly been leveraged in Austin’s entrepreneurial growth efforts. We offer insights into how the growing trend of “making cities for entrepreneurs” is reshaping urban entrepreneurial governance, potentially exacerbating inequalities in urban development.