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Ethical consumption, or a consumption pattern that goes beyond considerations of price to include for example social and environmental criteria, has been a significant trend, with the market for so-called ethical products in the UK alone expanding from £13.5bn (1999) to £47.2bn (2012).
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Kleine, D. (2013). Placing and scaling ethical choices: ethical consumption and ethical public procurement. In: Röcklinsberg, H., Sandin, P. (eds) The ethics of consumption. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-784-4_3
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