From fare evasion to illegal downloads : the cost of defiance
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18/06/2014
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Australian households currently pay the second highest “honesty tax” in the world at $290 per household per year, levied by retailers to offset the $AU1.86 billion in losses they incur from customer theft. Theft is only one type of consumer deviance, which can include behaviours that are against the law, an organisation’s policy, or behaviours that violate normally accepted conduct. An individual’s “deviant behaviour” can vary from one person to the next. My research exploring consumer definitions of right and wrong has found a number of things can inform what an individual thinks is “deviant behaviour”, beyond what the law or organisational policy states as right or wrong. Consumers then use their own justifications to excuse their actions... |
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The Conversation Media Group |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/76211/1/76211.pdf https://theconversation.com/from-fare-evasion-to-illegal-downloads-the-cost-of-defiance-27978 Dootson, Paula (2014) From fare evasion to illegal downloads : the cost of defiance. The Conversation, June(18). |
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Copyright 2014 The Author |
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QUT Business School; School of Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations |
Palavras-Chave | #150500 MARKETING #consumer #behaviour #deviance #acceptable #unacceptable #lying #prevalence #risk #deterrence #organisation |
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