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Received: 17 March 201 1 /Accepted: 13 December 201 1 /Published online: 8 January 2012
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Abstract Using two samples drawn from contrastingSuch marketing efforts can be implemented through four
developed and developing countries, this investigationmain approaches: cause-related marketing (CRM), socially
considers the powerful, unique Millennial consumer groupresponsible business practices, corporate social marketing,
and their engagement in ethical consumerism. Specifically,and corporate cause promotions (Kotier and Lee 2005). All
this study explores the levers that promote their ethical Fortune 500 companies accept the value of integrating
consumption and the potential impact of country of resi-ethical marketing with business practices, according to
dence on cause-related purchase decisions. Three distinct their ongoing expressed commitment to CRM (Hall 2009).
subgroups of ethical consumers emerge among Millenniais,As a highly visible form of ethical marketing, CRM refers
providing insight into their concerns and behaviors. Instead
to profit-motivated giving to support an ethical issue, which
of being conceptualized as a single niche market, Millen- may be one of marketing's most significant contributions to
nial should be treated as a collection of submarkets that society (Varadarajan and Menon 1988).
differ in their levels of awareness of ethical issues, consider On the consumer side, ethical consumerism refers to
discrete motives when making consumption decisions, and choices based on social, nontraditional components of
are willing to engage in cause-related purchasing to vary-
products (Auger et al. 2003) and personal and moral beliefs
ing degrees. These findings have several critical implica- (Carrigan et al. 2004). Research states that ethical con-
tions for theory and practice. sumption is growing (Berry and McEachern 2005), how-
ever, the complexity of ethical consumerism and
Keywords Millennial • Ethical consumption • confounded results in prior studies leave understanding of
Two-country sample • Clusters consumers' actual purchase behaviors toward ethical
products limited. Freestone and McGoldrick (2008) sug-
gest that the complexity of ethical consumer choices
Introduction reflects the complicated process of ethical decision making,
which requires detailed evaluations of personal and social
Ethical marketing relies on consumers caring about ethical
benefits and harms derived from products with ethical
components of products, such that their concern leads to attributes. Studies also show that consumers' attitudes
financial implications for firms (Elliot and Freeman 2001).toward ethical products are not consistent with their buying
behaviors (Bray et al. 2011; De Pelsmacker et al. 2005),
such that "segments of consumers exist where ethical
T. Bucic • J. Harris (El) • D. Arli
School of Marketing, Australian School of Business, University
product attributes are valued however, not only are the
of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia characteristics of such consumers are unclear, we do not
e-mail: Jennifer.harris@unsw.edu.au know who those consumers are" (Auger et al. 2003,
T. Bucic p. 285). Thus, despite the notion of ethical consumers
e-mail: t.bucic@unsw.edu.au evolving over the last two decades some researchers sug-
D. Arli gest that there may be reason to doubt that there even exists
e-mail: denni.arli@unsw.edu.au an "average ethical consumer" (e.g., Auger 2006; Carrigan
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Theoretical Framework
Millenniais are young consumers, born between approxi-
mately 1985 and 1999 (e.g., Pendergast 2007). Differing
Ethical Decision Making
from previous generations, they are the first to be born into
a world that features international interdependence and
Freestone and McGoldrick (2008) demonstrate that consumers'
global engagement (Pendergast 2007). Accordingly, Mill-
motivational attitudes are a function of their stage of ethical
ennial tend to be receptive to ethical issues (e.g., Smith
201 1), value multiculturalism (Zemke et al. 2000), and awareness,
feel concern, and action; social motivators are stronger
comfortable expressing themselves (Tapscott 1998). levers
The of ethical behavior than are personal ones. Their study
thus provides initial support for the DBS and SOC concepts, as
uniqueness of this generation is shaped by technological
forces (Gorman et al. 2004) which allow networked com-embedded in the cross-disciplinary transtheoretical model of
munication and rapid information exchange (Howe behavior
and change (Prochaska and DiClemente 1984).
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(i.e.,
society chara
for comparison. The two countries are geographically rel-
ness or atively
caring,
close to each other, yet there appear to be large lo
cultural differences between
avoidance and the countries (Jones and lon
ness to Hofstede
take risks
2007). Australia is a wealthy, industrialized
dimensions impac
country with a relatively small population of 22.5 million
Kim et people (as of February 2011) (Australian Bureau of Sta-
al. 2002; L
Tan andtistics (ABS) 2011) and ranks seventeenth in terms of
McCullo
2002). Neverthel
purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita, at US$41,300
changes(CIA Factbook
in 2011). econom
dynamics. Indivi
This sophisticated and economically advanced country
orientation have
ranks highly on scales that measure ethical concern and the a
economic growth
integration of ethics into business practice (Scholtens and
over Dam 2007). In contrast, Indonesia
time. is the world's fourth
That i
over time, with
most populous nation, with 242.9 million people (as of July i
2010), and ranks 156th in terms of PPP per capita, at
Interestingly, an
the US$4,300 (CIA Factbook 2011). In this economically
Millennial ge
nomic conditions
developing country, approximately one-quarter of compa-
globalization
nies claim to adopt ethical practices - less than in neigh- and
turning to
boring developing economies suchthe
as India, Thailand, and In
and Malaysia (Chappie and Moon 2005).
information
and Ferri-Reed 20
the global comm
awareness of
Data Collection and Sample Characteristics glo
despite growing
and We used a self-completed survey to(2006)
Gupta collect data from
global samples of Millennials in Australia and Indonesia. The
culture. Mi
and their decision
samples were primarily students enrolled at city universi-
(e.g., Sujansky
ties; Millennials are of the age that many of them continue an
arecoming from
to be involved in some form of study (e.g., Jonas-Dwyer
world and Pospisil 2004). To assess the potential forof
views a sample th
tematically
selection bias though, we also ensured that thefrom
Australian
Gupta 2006).
sample included 16% non-university students of the
Thersame
age. Subsequent tests revealed that non-university students
RQ3 How does co
were significantly older (p < .01) but otherwise not sig-
ethical consumpti
nificantly different from students in terms of their behav-
iors or attitudes (p > .05), hence provided some confidence
of limited selection bias.
Methodology
The Australian sample yielded 832 completed ques-
Setting tionnaires, collected at a large Australian university using
quota (age, gender, student status) sampling (Refer
We conduct a cross-country, two-sample study of ethical Table 1). Of these, 25 questionnaires that were incomplete
consumerism, connected specifically to CRM initiatives or revealed dubious response patterns were removed.
and as manifested through cause-related purchasing (CRP) Among the remaining 807 responses, 51% were women;
behaviors among Millennials. Although countries or furthermore, 12% were 18-19 years of age, and 47% were
nations are not the only appropriate units of analysis 20-21 years. Although 18% were international students,
because cultures are not primarily restricted by borders our tests revealed no significant differences between local
(McSweeney 2000), Hofstede (1998) argues that 'national and international students across a range of variables. In
identities are the only means we have of identifying and the student sample, 31% were focused on business-related
measuring cultural differences' (p. 481). Thus, exploring studies, 31% on science-related topics, and 23% on arts or
differences between cultures using this style of cross-sec- social sciences. Finally, 89% of the sample had purchased a
tional analysis was deemed appropriate (Hofstede 1998). CRP.
Australia and Indonesia represent a developed and devel- The Indonesian sample was gathered from three large
oping economy, respectively, to provide a valuable basis universities. Participation was voluntary and promoted in
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Australia Indonesia
Gender Gender
Male 49% Male 58%
Female 51% Female 42%
Age Age
16-17 years 0% 16-17 years 5%
18-19 years 12% 18-19 years 66%
20-21 years 47% 20-21 years 21%
22-24 years 41% 22-24 years 8%
Enrollment Enrollment
Local student 66% Local student 100%
International student 18% International student 0%
Not a student 16% Not a student 0%
Major Major
Business 31% Economics and Management 25%
Science 31% Psychology 26%
Arts or Social Science 23% Health and Sport 49%
purchase provided an
undergraduate classes by lecturers, indication
with of the loyalty
hard copies level of
of the
these consumers. To measure
survey handed out and completed in classmotivation
by to purchase
intereste
CRPs, we mentioned products
students. Of the 409 questionnaires, 371 associated
werewith four causes
complete and
that might spark motivation:
usable, and 42% of the respondents were "access to clean drinking(Refe
women
Table 1). Regarding their water
ages, in the71%
third world",
were "health", "environmental
16-19 years,dam- and
age", "localized
21% were 20-21 years. These problems (i.e., issues
students were in Australia/Indo-
majoring i
health and sport (49%), economics
nesia)". and
The broad wording of these causes managemen
was in line with
that of Freestone
(25%), or psychology (26%), andand McGoldrick's
93% had (2008) study. How-
purchased a
CRP. Comparison of the ever, it is acknowledged that
Australian and such general wording may
Indonesian sam
elicit
ples indicates a significant responses that are a mix
difference inof self-interest
terms andof
altruistic
age an
enrollment. However, as motives.
the We also collected some with
responses basic demographic
each data.
samp
For the Indonesian
(i.e., within Australia and within survey, the English across
Indonesia), version of thea rang
questionnaire
of behavioral and attitudinal was translated (e.g.,
variables into Indonesian, then back-
frequency of
translated
CRP, type of cause-related to English to
products resolve any possible misunder-
purchased, character
standings and ensure an
istics considered when purchasing, accurate rendering of
awareness the original
and concern
questionnaire.
for causes, motivations for CRP),Ado faculty
notmember with a background
vary in
significantly
linguistics
by age or enrollment status, from one
this of the Indonesian lack
apparent universities
of com-
equiva
lence is not a concern. mented on and modified the Indonesian translation as
necessary.
Instrument All constructs were operationalized using existing
scales. Motivation to purchase CRP was assessed using 19
statements from the DBS (Freestone and McGoldrick
The questionnaire consists of four sections focused on CRP
behavior, awareness of and motivation to purchase CRP 2008), on a seven-point scale (1 = strongly disagree;
7 = strongly agree). We used Freestone and McGoldrick's
and products in general, perceptions of particular brands'
concern for the community, and attitudes toward helping (2008) six-point single-item stages of change (SOC) mea-
sure to determine awareness of and concern for the four
others and conformity (in terms of buying behavior). CRP
behavior was measured in terms of buy/not buy a cause- causes. Attitude toward helping others was assessed using
the Webb et al. (2000) four-item, seven-point scale. Kah-
related product, and frequency of purchasing such products
le' s (1995) seven-item conformity motivation measure
(using seven categories from "only when I feel like it",
"less than monthly", "monthly", up to "daily"). Though
assessed the influence of others on consumption behavior.
there are many other measures of behavioral loyalty (e.g.,A range of analysis techniques were utilised to provide
share of category requirements) capturing frequency ofinsight into the data and research questions. T tests, /2 tests,
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It would help if people bought from firms that address this .82 .8 1
issue
It would be better for everyone in the long run if people .85 .81
favored products that address this issue
People could make fairer choices if they were aware of .71 .55
which companies had high ethical principles regarding
this issue
People are too busy today to be concerned with this issue .83 .83
People might think it was a waste of time to try to .79 .72
influence big business over this issue
Alpha .71 .76 .73 .6a .74 .67 .63 .51a
Variance explained 62% 63%
one-way ANOVA,removed
and items repeated
offered low communality measure
(<.5) or low or
double loadings
vided understanding as to (see Table 2). The percentage of there
whether variance
explained
differences between groupsis acceptable (Hair
of et al.respondents
1998), and all loadings
country or betweenexceed .5 and are significant (p <Understandi
countries. .05, Hair et al. 1998).
of motivations forTheethical
loadings of the items
consumption
are comparable across the Aus- w
ther through tralian analysis
cluster and Indonesian samples. Cronbach's alphas all
(K-means) to
existence of exceed .6 for eachof
sub-groups factor respondents
and each sample. This is in
motivation for acceptable since the research
purchasing CRP. is exploratory (Hair et al.
Compound
motivational 1998). Although
factors and we retained fewer items than Freestone
attitude toward h
served as the bases for
and McGoldrick (2008),the clustering.
the factors align with their results.
clusters was For Millenniais, motivation
determined using to purchasedistance
CRP thus may be be
cluster size, described
and the in terms of personal
ability toand social, positive and
construct d
using significant negative motivations.
mean/percentage differen
clusters. All The tests
analyses of the other constructs
used SPSS revealedv
that attitude
18.
toward others is unidimensional and reliable (aAust = .85;
Scale Validation dindon == -71), whereas conformity motivation consisted of
peer impression (aAust = .68; aIndon = .51) and outward
appearance (Table 3).
The factor analysis (Varimax rotation) of the DBS for both
the Australian and Indonesian samples revealed a four- A CFA of these three scales confirmed a 7-factor
structure with all items loading as expected (Australia:
factor structure, after we removed six items for the Aus-
tralian sample and seven for the Indonesian sample. CMin/df
The = 2.5, CFI = .94, NFI = .91, RMSEA = .04;
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How elegant and attractive a product is, is as important as how .87 .73
well it works
It is important that others think well of how I dress and look .79 .77
If I were to buy something expensive, I would worry about what .76 .74
others would think of me
I buy brands that will make me look good in front of my friends .78 .53
When I buy the same things my friends buy, I feel closer to them .76 .79
People should be willing to help others who are less fortunate .82 .75
Helping troubled people with their problems is very important to .83 .86
me
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a. Australian sample
Personal positives
This is an issue that I like to be associated with 4.73 (5) 5.13 (4) 4.87 (4) 4.32 (9) 67.6 (.000) 4.76 (4)
People who matter to me would respect me for 4.59 (9) 4.81 (5) 4.64 (6) 4.31 (10 47.7 (.000) 4.59 (7)
being concerned about this issue
My friends are concerned about this issue 3.99 (13) 4.63 (7) 4.74 (9) 3.87 (13) 89.7 (.000) 4.31 (10)
Social positives
It would help if people bought from firms that 5.21 (2) 5.45 (2) 5.24 (3) 4.70 (4) 75.5 (.000) 5.15 (2)
address this issue
It would be better for everyone in the long run 5.31 (1) 5.64 (1) 5.51 (1) 4.95 (2) 79.3 (.000) 5.35 (1)
if people favored products that address this
issue
People could make fairer choices if they were 5.15 (3) 5.26 (3) 5.25 (2) 4.95 (1) 24.9 (.000) 5.15 (2)
aware of which companies had high ethical
principles regarding this issue
Personal negatives
Having to take account of this issue would 4.18 (12) 4.19 (10) 4.32 (10) 4.16 (12) 5.4 (.01) 4.21(12)
make shopping less convenient for people
It would make shopping less convenient if I 4.87 (4) 4.68 (6) 4.74 (5) 4.75 (3) 6.6 (.000) 4.76 (4)
had to choose only from products that
support this issue
People's choices would be unreasonably 4.65 (6) 4.61 (8) 4.57 (7) 4.56 (6) 2.08 (.102) 4.60 (6)
restricted by the removal of products that
disregard this issue
It would take the pleasure out of shopping if I 4.22 (11) 4.17 (11) 4.16 (12) 4.19 (11) .81 (.484) 4.19 (12)
had to choose only from products that
support this issue
It would be too much hassle to buy only from 4.60 (8) 4.46 (9) 4.520 (8) 4.61 (5) 6.53 (.000) 4.33 (9)
businesses that do not violate this issue
Social negatives
People are too busy today to be concerned with 4.63 (7) 4.10 (12) 4.30 (11) 4.47 (7) 44.1 (.000) 4.54 (8)
this issue
People might think it was a waste of time to try 4.54 (10) 4.06 (13) 4.10 (13) 4.37 (8) 46.7 (.000) 4.27 (11)
to influence big business over this issue
b. Indonesian sample
Personal positives
This is an issue that I like to be associated with 4.63 (5) 5.25 (3) 5.24 (3) 4.82 (4) 27.1 (.000) 4.99 (4)
People who matter to me would respect me for 4.44 (7) 4.84 (6) 4.76 (6) 4.56 (7) 11.6 (.000) 4.65 (7)
being concerned about this issue
My friends are concerned about this issue 4.47 (6) 4.87 (5) 4.77 (5) 4.65 (6) 10.6 (.000) 4.69 (6)
Social positives
It would help if people bought from firms that 5.39 (2) 5.49 (2) 5.33 (2) 5.25 (2) 1.7 (.169) 5.37 (2)
address this issue
It would be better for everyone in the long run 5.41 (1) 5.68 (1) 5.62 (1) 5.32 (1) 6.6 (.000) 5.51 (1)
if people favored products that address this
issue
People could make fairer choices if they were 4.80 (3) 5.22 (4) 5.12 (4) 5.05 (3) 11.2 (.000) 5.05 (3)
aware of which companies had high ethical
principles regarding this issue
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Table 5 continued
Personal negatives
Having to take account of this issue would 3.19 (12) 3.38 (12) 3.33 (12) 3.37 (12) 2.7 (.48) 3.36 (12)
make shopping less convenient for people
It would make shopping less convenient if I 3.60 (11) 3.68 (11) 3.63 (11) 3.63 (11) .46 (.688) 3.64 (11)
had to choose only from products that
support this issue
It would take the pleasure out of shopping if I 3.88 (10) 4.02 (10) 4.04 (10) 3.96 (10) 2.1 (.106) 3.98 (10)
had to choose only from products that
support this issue
It would be too much hassle to buy only from 4.29 (8) 4.38 (8) 4.30 (8) 4.37 (8) .77 (.504) 4.33 (8)
businesses that do not violate this issue
Social negatives
People are too busy today to be concerned with 4.71 (4) 4.76 (7) 4.71 (7) 4.70 (5) .34 (.775) 4.72 (5)
this issue
People might think it was a waste of time to try 4.16 (9) 4.07 (9) 4.11 (9) 4.02 (9) 1.24 (.293) 4.09 (9)
to influence big business over this issue
Australia Indonesia
3rd World - clean Health Environmental 3rd World - clean Health Environmental
water Damage water damage
less likely to have taken action and less open to helping Instead, we employed cluster analysis to find a simple,
others. These subgroups did not differ in terms of demo- finer, more informative clarification of subgroups in terms
graphics though, and the vast majority of Millenniais had of their motivation toward CRP. This more subtle classi-
undertaken CRP. Therefore, prior CRP behavior offers an fication, compared with either gender or buy/not buy
unsatisfactory basis for understanding subgroups. classifications, entailed four motivation factors (personal
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Australia
Aware but not Aware and concerned but Concerned and intend Concerned and taken Concerned and taken
greatly concerned not taken action to take action minor action major action
Australia
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Table 10 Descriptio
Motivation#
Social, positive motivation 5.7 4.3 5.5 274.4* 5.6 4.4 5.7 97.0*
Personal, positive motivation 5.0 3.7 4.9 206.0* 5.1 3.7 5.3 106.0*
Social, negative motivation 5.1 4.5 3.2 292.5* 5.6 3.8 3.2 27.7*
Personal, negative motivation 5.0 4.6 3.6 144.2* 4.9 3.9 3.9 56.9*
Attitude to helping others*
Attitude to helping others 6 5 6 161.3* 5.9 5.0 6.0 47.9*
Conformity
Peer conformity 3.4 3.4 2.96 11.5* 4.3 4.1 4.1 2.7
Awareness and concern
Health (% aware/% concerned) 22/78 41/59 30/70 42.9a * 36/64 56/44 29/71 29.2a *
Environmental damage (% aware/% 30/70 55/45 36/64 74.9a * 36/64 54/46 42/58 21.3a *
concerned)
Problems in third world (% aware/% 36/64 64/36 38/62 96.4a * 78/22 88/12 86/14 15.8a *
concerned)
Local problems (% aware/% 49/51 72/28 60/40 52.3a * 64/36 70/30 58/42 14.4a *
concerned)
Attributes considered
countries fromAttala
which2001; Folk
samples
similarity is also
not are consisten
uniformly refl
In Australia, appear
Millennialsituation
are mor
purchases, 1996), in
whereas such that
Indone
does not consistently
necessarily lead buy
to p
sporadically The findings
purchase CRP ech
or
consumption, 2001)
we by
uncover demonst
no sp
behavior, purchase
perhaps due consider
to the co
making such
environment as (e.g.,
priceNewh
and
competing across
ethical cultures,
claims from n
v
other accumulated
as a issues
dominant (New
pro
overwhelmed However,
consumer in cont
might
out of a sense 1997),
of we find to
responsibility t
quite be veyed
willing to Millennial
reward ethicm
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includes Indonesia
about specific age groups (Noble et al. 2009); we therefore
which previously
have provided a detailed analysis of Millenniais and their
tion relating to
purchases of ethical products in a convenience category.et
By This information creates a better understanding
defining speci of the
Millennial
Millennial market, which marke
comprises distinctive clusters,
narrow niche
only one of which is readily interested in ethical ma
product
comes to young
attributes, though purchases by the Reserved Social Con-
science cluster could be facilitated
suggestions of by providing theboth
(Auger intrinsic
2006; Car
and extrinsic compensation to consumers in return
2010); instead,
for their economic support. M
ches entail three d
assuming that peop
are not Limitations
aware and Directions for Further Research and
we find that it is
In this study, there are
consumers several limitations worth noting:
simply
such as First,
pricethough ethical marketing includes
or four main qu
Prior studies of ethical consumerism often have been approaches - CRM, socially responsible business practices,
confounded by the inability of respondents to report corporate social marketing, and corporate cause promo-
accurately on relevant, socially sensitive issues (Hume
tions (Kotier and Lee 2005) - we investigate only CRM.
2010; Greenwald and Banaji 1995). We used segmentation
Second, we take a snapshot of behaviors at one moment in
analysis, as also used by Walsh et al. (2010) to generate
time using a self report questionnaire to generate cross-
natural clusters of consumers among Millenniais. sectional data focused on one generational market across
two diverse countries. We therefore cannot and do not
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