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The Drivers of Greenwashing
Magali A. Delmas,Vanessa Burbano +1 more
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The authors examines the external (both institutional and market), organizational, and individual drivers of greenwashing and offers recommendations for managers, policymakers, and NGOs to decrease its prevalence, and suggests that greenwashing can have profound negative effects on consumer and investor confidence in green products.Abstract:
More and more firms are engaging in greenwashing, misleading consumers about their environmental performance or the environmental benefits of a product or service. The skyrocketing incidence of greenwashing can have profound negative effects on consumer and investor confidence in green products. Mitigating greenwashing is particularly challenging in a context of limited and uncertain regulation. This article examines the external (both institutional and market), organizational and individual drivers of greenwashing and offers recommendations for managers, policymakers, and NGOs to decrease its prevalence.read more
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A critical analysis of small business socialresponsibility in independent foodservicebusinesses
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Digitale Lösungen mit Potenzial: Impulse und Beispiele zur Förderung von nachhaltigem Konsumentenverhalten
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Implications of corporate innovation investment on environment sustainability with moderating role of managerial stock incentives: A case of the oil and gas sector of the United States of America
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Greenwashi̇ng’ten yeşi̇l aklamaya: türki̇ye’de yapilan akademi̇k çalişmalar üzeri̇nden kuramsal bi̇r bakiş
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