Topic summary
Ethical purchasing
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Ethical consumerism.
Ethical consumerism, also known as ethical consumption, ethical purchasing, moral purchasing, ethical sourcing, or ethical shopping, and is also associated with sustainable and green consumerism. It is a type of consumer activism based on the concept of dollar voting. People engage in ethical consumerism by purchasing ethically made products that support small-scale manufacturers or local artisans and protect animals and the environment. Conversely, they boycott products that exploit children as workers, are tested on animals, or damage the environment.