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Do Cruelty-Free Practices Matter? The Role of Consumer Speciesism in Differential Preference for Cruelty-Free Products

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  • Anwesha Bandopadhyay
  • Prof. Sourav Bikash Borah
  • Prof. Soumya Mukhopadhyay
  • Prof. Tanvi Gupta

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Cruelty-free practices involve avoidance of animal harm during production. While adopting cruelty-free practices by firms is important for sustainability, overcoming consumer indifference towards cruelty-free products is challenging. Through six studies, we show that consumer speciesism (devaluation of other species) moderates the effect of cruelty-free practices on product evaluation. Cruelty-free practices increase purchase intention among low speciesism but not among high speciesism consumers, mediated by perceived brand moral agency. The study examines how cruelty-free brands can create a win-win strategy that benefits the firm and the environment by using anthropomorphized animals in brand communications to attenuate the unfavorable effect of speciesism.

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  • Anwesha Bandopadhyay & Prof. Sourav Bikash Borah & Prof. Soumya Mukhopadhyay & Prof. Tanvi Gupta, 2025. "Do Cruelty-Free Practices Matter? The Role of Consumer Speciesism in Differential Preference for Cruelty-Free Products," IIMA Working Papers WP 2024-10-03, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department.
    • Handle: RePEc:iim:iimawp:14721
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