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An underlying assumption of much of the literature treating business is that “good behavior” on the part of a firm will be rewarded by consumers. This paper reports on an empirical test of the reverse of this assumption, namely, the effects of questionable corporate conduct on consumer behavior.
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Miller et al. (1977) studied this question.
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