Unethical Practices of Consumers

Unethical Practices
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Unethical Practices
Unethical consumer behavior is the unconditioned practices in which shoppers engage negatively affect the business they are interacting with. Examples of such acts by customers include purchasing counterfeit products and environmentally sensitive items (Kerin et al., 2021). Counterfeit products do not meet the set consumption standards and, thus, should not be in the market. Purchasing such products can be prosecuted as a felony in most states globally. The act is unethical since counterfeiting damages the reputation of reputable products in the market. Moreover, knowingly purchasing environmentally sensitive products is a gross unethical practice by consumers since the commodity degrades the ecosystem.
Various influencing factors push consumers to participate in unethical practices. ...