Organic purchasing motivations and attitudes: are they ethical?

McEachern, Morven G.; McClean, P

doi:10.1046/j.1470-6431.2002.00199.x

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“…The findings are similar to many previous studies, including organic food healthier (Brennan and Kuri 2002;Grankvist andBiel 2001), tastier (McEachern andMcClean 2002;Kihlberg and Risvik 2007), safer and more environmentally friendly (Yiridoe et al 2005), but shorter shelf life (Magnusson 2004) andexpensive(O'Donovan andMcCarthy 2002).…”

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Consumers Perceptions Towards Organic Food in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Kurnia¹,

Sun²,

Collins³

2013

Acta Hortic.

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Consumer behavior in purchasing organic food products in Muslim countries has rarely been studies. This research studied people's understanding, perceptions and purchasing behaviour of organic foods of 360 consumers in three regions of Yogyakarta province of Indonesia. It was found that people had limited knowledge of organic food. In comparison with conventionally produced foods, consumers hold positive attitudes towards organic foods. Statistical analysis revealed that age, income and education levels influence people's perceptions. However, perceptions were not affected by gender, in contrast with similar studies in developed countries. The major obstacles preventing people from purchasing organic foods was high price, unavailability, lack of credential s and poor appearance. The implications of these finds to the chain management are also discussed.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Consumers Perceptions Towards Organic Food in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Kurnia¹,

Sun²,

Collins³

2013

Acta Hortic.

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“…As a specific example, McEachern and McClean [116] found that among those who had never purchased organic dairy products, the main deterrent was pricing constraints. However, as Holdsworth [67] noted, such assumptions are not necessarily based upon experience or accurate information, a point relevant to all perceptions relating to logistical factors.…”

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A Conceptual Framework of the Adoption and Practice of Environmental Actions in Households

Scott¹,

Oates

Young

2015

Sustainability

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Securing public participation in environmental actions such as recycling, energy conservation measures and green consumerism is a means of progressing towards sustainable consumption. Participation in environmental actions (EAs) has typically been studied from the individual perspective, thus largely ignoring the social context of the household which may undermine effective behaviour change and green marketing strategies. This paper advances understanding of the adoption and practice of EAs from the household perspective by drawing together the limited and fragmented work which has examined EA participation from the household perspective, and integrating it with two relevant literatures-the household decision making literature and the literature which has examined EA participation from the individual perspective. The literatures are drawn together into a framework covering household member involvement in EA adoption and practice, the decision making process leading to EA adoption, decision making strategies and communication within the household, the maintenance of repetitive EAs, the factors influencing household member involvement including activity types and situational, household and individual characteristics, and how the individual characteristic of relative interest is shaped. We make a theoretical contribution by presenting a holistic understanding of the adoption and practice of EAs in households, which was previously lacking from the OPEN ACCESS Sustainability 2015, 7 5794 EA participation literature. By highlighting the elements of the conceptual framework that require further investigation, the authors also set out an agenda for research into EA participation from the household perspective.

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“…Uninformed and unreflective consumers apply a hedonistic, materialistic-oriented ethic in relation to the purchasing of organic products (McEachern and McClean 2002, Meeusen et al 2003, Aertsens et al 2009). They are not http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss4/art5/ particularly interested in organic or the wider impacts of organic production beyond the product, and do not feel responsible for the impact of their purchasing behavior.…”

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Can multicriteria assessment tools help build trust into organic products?

Freyer¹,

Bingen²,

Paxton³

2014

E&S

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ABSTRACT. In a continuously expanding, globalizing, and industrializing organic market, organic consumers confront increasing complexity in organic product representation, labeling, and information that challenges how they build trust in organic products. We present a conceptual framework to analyze how consumers might build and practice trust in the organic agrifood chain. We asked specifically about the role of multicriteria assessment tools (MCATs) for trust building. We identified three consumer trust types: uninformed trust in labels (type 1); informed trust in extensive information, control, and certification (type 2); and informed and engaged trust in forms of close farmer-consumer relationships (type 3). Three concepts of "reflexivity"-unreflective, reflective, selfreflective-are used to explain how these three consumer trust types are operating. We see MCATs as tools accepted and applied mainly by the informed and reflective type. We further examined how reflexivity about two aspects-ethics and systems thinking-in the context of the organic agrifood chain can affect how people trust. Hedonistic, materialistic-oriented consumers might not care about MCATs to deepen their trust in organic, while anthropocentric-oriented consumers were identified as those applying MCATs; ecocentric and holistic-oriented consumers perceive MCATs more as a confinement that limits their self-reflexive and holistic understanding of organic. Awareness of, and interest in, systems thinking by unreflective and uninformed consumer trust types is rather limited; any MCAT is therefore without relevance. The reflective and informed consumer trust type uses a bundle of systems thinking methodologies, and in this context, MCATs would serve as an orientation. The self-reflective, informed, and engaged consumer trust type applies systems theory to learn how to become independent and to better learn how to protect against power interventions; e.g., from industries into the local agrofood chain system. MCATs might play a role, however, would be seen critically because of the high degree of selfdetermination of this type. The unreflective consumer type will not ask for any governance process or related MCAT because they are not sensitized for any bottom-up processes in the agrofood chain. The reflective consumer, however, appreciates more transparency and participation, and would welcome in this context any MCAT that supports more voice for the consumer. The self-reflective consumer who asks for independence and full voice in creating the relation to farmers would at least develop their own MCAT in collaboration with the processors and farmers. Single, double, and triple loop learning are seen as the learning processes that take place when a consumer engages reflexively in the organic agrifood chain. The uninformed consumer type is a single loop learner not heavily interested in MCATs, while the informed is a double loop learner, where MCAT might be a useful tool, and the triple loop learner is seen as the consumer type being engaged in the...

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Organic purchasing motivations and attitudes: are they ethical?

Cited by 288 publications

References 7 publications

Consumers Perceptions Towards Organic Food in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Consumers Perceptions Towards Organic Food in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

A Conceptual Framework of the Adoption and Practice of Environmental Actions in Households

Can multicriteria assessment tools help build trust into organic products?

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