Consumers In Society Research Articles

THE CONTRIBUTION OF HALAL PRODUCT CERTIFICATION TO STRENGTHENING MICRO, SMALL, AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES WITHIN SOCIETY

With the enactment of Law No. 11/2020 concerning job creation, which amends some articles in Law No. 33/2014 concerning guaranteed halal products, micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) received a boost through the provision of halal certificates, which led to social support from local consumers in Indonesia. This research aimed to study the contribution of halal product certification in strengthening micro, small, and medium enterprises. From the perspective of the law considering the sociological aspect of business promotion, the authors examined the regulation of halal product certification for MSMEs and analyzed how the supervision of MSMEs impacts and hence influences consumers in society. The method used is a normative legal descriptive-analytical research and qualitative analysis of the regulation regarding halal products concerning MSMEs. It established that the provision of a halal certificate based on self-declaration in Law No. 11/2020 is not under Law No. 33/2014, which requires inspection and testing of products before businesses obtain a halal certificate. Supervision of the ‘halalness’ of MSME products regulated in Article 103 of Government Regulations no. 39/2021 is ineffective because it is only periodical with time uncertainties. This study concluded the inefficiency in supervising halal products produced by most MSMEs. A need exists for effective and sustainable ways of determining halal products to boost community support for most MSMEs in the country. Keywords: Halal Products, Halal Certification, Halalness, MSMEs, Indonesia DOI： https://doi.org/10.35741/issn.0258-2724.58.2.27

Perilaku Konsumtif Remaja Perempuan ditinjau dari Konformitasdan Persepsiterhadap Produk Makeup Korea

AbstractConsumptive behavior is a lifestyle of consumers in society who tend to perceive material as something that can bring satisfaction in itself, this lifestyle can lead to consumptiveism. Consumptive behavior is influenced by several factors such as social factors and psychological factors which consist of conformity and perception, which will be used as factors that influence consumptive behavior in this study. This study aims to determine the relationship between conformity and perception with consumptive behavior towards Korean make-up products in the DMC Project community. The hypothesis proposed by the researcher is first: there is a relationship between conformity and perceptions of consumptive behavior, second: there is a relationship between conformity and consumptive behavior, third: there is a relationship between perception and consumptive behavior. The research method used in this research is quantitative method with non-random sampling technique, namely purposive sampling with a total of 60 subjects. This study used three scales to collect data including the consumptive behavior scale with 21 items (α = 0.961), the conformity scale with 24 items (α = 0.960) and the perception scale with 18 items (α = 0.931). The data obtained were then processed using multiple linear regression analysis techniques assisted by the SPSS 25.0 for windows program. The results showed first, the result of R = 0.838 and the value of F = 67, 039 with p = 0.000 (p 0.01), which means there is a correlation between conformity and perception simultaneously with consumptive behavior. Second, the value of t = 8,422 and p = 0.000 (p 0.01) means that there is a relationship between conformity and consumptive behavior. Third, t = -0.564 and p = 0.575 (p 0.01) means that there is no relationship between perceptions of consumptive behavior.Keywords: Consumptive behavior, conformity, Korean make-up products

Representation of the Consumer Society in V. O. Pelevinˋs Novels of the 21st Century

This article is devoted to the study of consumer society reflection in V.O. Pelevin‘s works published in the twenty-first century. There is an attempt to determine the main features of the consumer society to which the characters belong: dominance of focus toward to the satisfaction of private needs, the acquisition of material wealth as a means of achieving prosperity and happiness, the quality of consumed products (goods, services, etc.) determines the status of the consumer in society. V.O. Pelevin defines and ridicules capitalist culture using sarcasm and grotesque, demonstrating the image of consumer society exclusively in negative connotations. V.O. Pelevin reconstructs modern society, endowing it with the features of the world we are accustomed to, but absurdly creating his world of sellers and consumers included in a repeating cycle and changing roles depending on status within the framework of artistic reality. Aimed at revealing the author’s attitude to the consumer society and the novel characters’ attitudes to the object of study, selective analysis of a work fragments demonstrates the gradual inclusion of characters in the consumption culture and a deeper study of the phenomenon by the author. The article considers the consumer society reconstruction in the art world of the following works by V.O. Pelevin: novels Generation P, The Werewolf’s Holy Book, Svyashennaya kniga oborotnya, Empire V, Secret Views of the Fuji Mount, [Sekretnye vidi na goru Fuji], and a story Wind search record [Zapis‘ o poiske vetra]. Such a selective analysis reflects the transformation (which, depending on the point of view, can be called both evolution and degradation) of the consumer culture image and the position of the author may be determined.
 Keywords: consumer society, postmodernism, V.O. Pelevin, novels

ŹRÓDŁA INFORMACJI WPŁYWAJĄCE NA ZACHOWANIA KONSUMENTÓW NA RYNKU ENERGII ELEKTRYCZNEJ

Electricity is a factor that facilitates the functioning of consumers in society and creates appropriate conditions for work, development and rest. Due to the scale and pace of the changes resulting from technological progress and new regulations, consumers in the electricity market do not have the appropriate technical, economic or legal knowledge. The most significant problems within the electricity market in Poland include the high level of ignorance of the services, institutions and basic terms required for making rational decisions in the electricity market. This is necessary in order to determine the sources from which consumers derive knowledge about the electricity market. Based on the research carried out by the author, it can be argued that the knowledge and skills concerning an evaluation of the electricity market, the institutions operating therein and their product are very low.

Effect of flour information (origin and organic) and consumer attitude to health and natural product on bread acceptability of Korean consumers

AbstractWhile bread is a staple food in western culture, it is a supplementary food in rice eating societies. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of extrinsic flour information on bread acceptability in one of rice eating societies, Korea. Consumers evaluated six bread samples either blind or with flour information including which country it was produced and whether organic production was applied or not. Consumers' interest in health or in natural products was also measured. The results showed that information of using domestic flour had a strong positive effect on overall bread acceptability, while organic information particularly affected flavor preferences. Health or natural product interested people showed more distinct tendency of the above origin and organic effect. Texture liking remained unaffected by extrinsic information in all cases.Practical applicationsThe results implied the possibility of consumers who consider bread as supplementary food may be either lacking in knowledge about bread quality in relation to flours, resulting in biased expectation induced from extrinsic information or may not care bread quality as carefully as consumers in societies who consume bread as staple food. Consumer attitudes to health and to natural product were observed to be important considerations when developing market strategies for bread consumers in Korea.

The Engage programme and the Government Communication Network in the UK, 2006-2010

The Engage programme was launched in April 2006 by the Government Communication Network (GCN) in the UK. As a civil service body supporting those in government working as press officers and in marketing roles, the GCN under the New Labour government in the period 2006–2010 was involved with the extension of the logic of marketisation to government communication. This article charts this process by examining key government policy documents from this period. The rationale for Engage rested on the assumption that government in the UK needed to adapt its communication approach to reach what were perceived as individualised consumers in society. The extension of the logic of marketisation to government communication that happened under Engage is shown to be consistent with the New Public Management approach to public services under New Labour. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The cultural production of commodities

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to shed light on the particular organizing design practices behind making items exchangeable into commodities. It is a constructive contribution to establish more critical studies of merchandizing. Design/methodology/approach – The study included several longitudinal projects in retail chains in Scandinavia. The research was based on anthropological and participatory research methods. We introduce the term “waremaking” as a term for the work to make items exchangeable and expand on a distinction between silent and seen design (Gorb and Dumas, 1987). Findings – Waremaking is business, but includes giving form to relations between business and society to make exchanges at all possible. We found considerable silent design work that is not commonly acknowledged in economic and social theory. Research limitations/implications – There is a need for comparative and aggregate studies. We deconstruct the conventional categories “commodities” and “merchandizing” and a study of the contingent effects on the meaning of other constructs is needed. Practical implications – Introducing the notion of waremaking yields important insights for organizations and managers. We offer a new framework of waremaking that crosses existing boundaries and helps construct new interfaces between designers, traders and consumers in society. Social implications – The papers reveal merchandizing as a culturally complex and nuanced form of work and a crucial field of practice. Originality/value – Scholars have denoted little attention to the cultural work of merchandizing. By delineating a new practice-based framework encompassing both ordinary and extraordinary work, we can address the cultural production of commodities.

Freedom from want: American liberalism and the idea of the consumer

In 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt identified four essential human freedoms. Three of these-freedom from fear, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion-had long been understood as defining principles of liberalism. Roosevelt's fourth freedom-freedom from want-was not. Indeed, classic liberals had argued that the only way to guarantee this freedom would be through an illiberal redistribution of wealth. In Freedom from Want, Kathleen G. Donohue describes how, between the 1880s and the 1940s, American intellectuals transformed classical liberalism into its modern American counterpart by emphasizing consumers over producers and consumption over production. Donohue first examines this conceptual shift through the writings of a wide range of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century social critics-among them William Graham Sumner, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Richard T. Ely, Edward Bellamy, and Thorstein Veblen-who rethought not only the negative connotations of consumerism but also the connection between one's right to consume and one's role in the production process. She then turns to the politicization of these ideas beginning with the establishment of a more consumer-oriented liberalism by Walter Lippmann and Walter Weyl and ending in the New Deal era, when this debate evolved from intellectual discourse into public policy with the creation of such bodies as the National Recovery Administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Deftly combining intellectual, cultural, and political history, Freedom from Want sheds new light on the ways in which Americans reconceptualized the place of the consumer in society and the implications of these shifting attitudes for the philosophy ofliberalism and the role of government in safeguarding the material welfare of the people.

Food quality and consumer value: delivering food that satisfies

1 Defining Quality, Value, Food and the Consumer.- 1 Quality and Value.- 2 An Exploration of Food, Food Quality and Food Qualities.- 3 Theoretical Perspectives on Consumer Behaviour and Food Choice.- 2 Food Quality Attributes.- 4 Food Composition.- 5 Origins and Nature of Sensory and other Performance Attributes in Foods.- 6 Food Additives, Functional Food Ingredients and Food Contaminants.- 3 Understanding the Food Consumer.- 7 Homeostatic and Psychological Bases of Eating and Drinking.- 8 The Food Consumer in Society.- 9 Good and Bad Foods.- Conclusion.- Name Index.

The consumer in society: Utopian visions revisited

Edward Bellamy’s famous 1888 best‐seller Looking Backward imagined a paradisal world where social and economic problems of poverty, strife, class, and war were eliminated through a Utopian political economy based on socialist principles. What makes Bellamy’s thought compelling for marketing scholars is his emphasis on the consumer, his focus on equality as the vehicle for societal transformation, and his analysis of the role consumer desire, envy, and greed play in generating strife and strain. Thus, his Utopian vision seems to have much in common with the mantra of the modern marketing machine – happiness is material, and your credit card is your ticket to the good life. However, his vision of the good life is largely at odds with the market economy’s version. This paper examines the man behind a uniquely consumer oriented socialist paradise and suggests that his writings have left an inspiring legacy that marketing academics might find insightful.

Development of Interior Design Career Information for Dissemination to Students in Grades Six through Eight

Issue The profession of interior design is not well represented in the K–12 grade levels. There is a need to foster a greater awareness of interior design as a possible career during the years when exploration of potential career paths are encouraged and investigated. Goal The goal of this project was to develop a method for educating sixth–through eighth– grade students, potential interior designers, and the future general public, about the role an interior designer plays in the built environment. The focus was on residential design, one career path available as an interior design professional. Application A pictorial storybook illustrates the design process and construction of a private residence for sixth–through eighth–grade students to use while investigating careers concerning the built environment. Description A storybook was developed on the computer and transferred to compact disk (CD) for dissemination by career counselors and media specialists to sixth– through eighth–grade students. Over 35 careers in the building and construction industry, including interior design, were highlighted in the design and construction of a private residence. Conclusion Often, the interior design profession is not well represented or accurately portrayed for K–12 audiences. Elementary and secondary education students are the future consumers in society, the clients in higher education, and the future educators and leaders of the profession. Interested interior design educators and practitioners can provide materials for use in the K–12 communities.

Consumer psychology for marketing

1. Consumer-Oriented Marketing. 2. Consumer Choice. 3. Perceptual Processes. 4. Cognitive and Behavioural Learning. 5. Attitudes, Intentions and Behaviour. 6. Motivation and Lifestyle. 7. Personality and Cognitive Style. 8. Consumers in Context. 9. Consumers in Society.

The strategic position of consumers in the information society

In this paper, a conceptual framework is outlined for examining the strategic position of consumers in a society in which computer networks are assigned an increasingly important role in the distribution of goods and services. The framework deals with relationships among consumers as well as relationships between consumers and other actors in the distribution system, and in both cases the relationships can be based on either common or conflicting interests. With the aid of the framework, the author characterizes the strategic position of consumers in terms of influence and power or powerlessness. The technological impacts dealt with are related to both the consumers' own use of computer technology, and its use by other parties such as suppliers and retailers. Examples of developments discussed in the paper are computerized checkout registers, electronic funds transfer systems, and home computers connected to central information systems. The author predicts that the strategic position of consumers will be weakened as the new technologies become more commonplace while the strategic position of the most powerful commercial and institutional actors is likely to be strengthened. A number of strategies for collective consumer action which could countervail this tendency, are outlined at the end of the paper.