Should You Feel Better Buying Organic?
People LOVE buying organic. For some, it's about personal health, for others, it's about knowing their food was ethically raised. But what are you really getting when you buy something with...
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That product looks organic. Should I buy it? Here, here, let me hold it. Whoa, I'm getting it. [MUSIC PLAYING] Hey, shoppers, this is D News, and I'm Trace. When you're at the store how do you feel about labels like "cage-free," "organic," "not tested on animals," "phosphate-free." Are these claims more likely to make you buy an item? And new study in the Journal of Business Ethics says you will, especially if it goes in or on your body. Researchers from the Concordia University School of Business determined when we touch products with labels like "organic," we receive what's called a positive contagion effect. When we come in contact with or eat something that has an ethical feel to i...
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That product looks organic. Should I buy it? Here, here, let me hold it. Whoa, I'm getting it. [MUSIC PLAYING] Hey, shoppers, this is D News, and I'm Trace. When you're at the store how do you feel about labels like "cage-free," "organic," "not tested on animals," "phosphate-free." Are these claims more likely to make you buy an item? And new study in the Journal of Business Ethics says you will, especially if it goes in or on your body. Researchers from the Concordia University School of Business determined when we touch products with labels like "organic," we receive what's called a positive contagion effect. When we come in contact with or eat something that has an ethical feel to i...
