It is important for marketers to be aware of
the changes in consumers’ ethical beliefs.
Some consumer organisations have organised
boycotts when their perceptions of ethical
concerns have been violated. The tuna boycott
in the US because dolphins are being killed in
the fishing process is an example of such a
boycott (Sanyal, 2000). If marketers want to
target the ethical consumer market, they need to have a profound understanding of the
antecedents for ethical behaviour. Attitude
towards consuming a product has been found
to be one of the most important antecedents
for predicting and explaining consumers’
choices across products and services, including food products (Bredahl, 2001; Cook et al.,
2002; Conneret al., 2003