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Dilemmas of Care (Re)Allocation: Care and Consumption in Pandemic Times

Heath, Teresa; Gallage, Samanthika; Chatzidakis, Andreas; Hutton, Martina

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Authors

Teresa Heath

Andreas Chatzidakis

Martina Hutton



Abstract

Studies into the ethical aspects of consumption tend to focus on a limited class of actions that are explicitly understood as "ethical consumption". The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic provided a context in which other ethical issues and questions of whom we should care for first, and, how, suddenly and dramatically gained salience. This article draws on the care literature to explore the reconfiguration of consumption decisions and dilemmas during this period. Building on twenty-eight in-depth interviews, it considers the temporal and spatial dimensions of care and consumption and examines various ethical and ideological considerations that arose, particularly regarding the allocation of care in the face of competing demands. Subsequently, the article problematises mainstream accounts of ethical consumption, arguing for considering a plurality of ethics present within decisions about consumption. It concludes with a call to incorporate a more capacious understanding of care in broader discussions of ethics in consumption. 2

Citation

Heath, T., Gallage, S., Chatzidakis, A., & Hutton, M. (2024). Dilemmas of Care (Re)Allocation: Care and Consumption in Pandemic Times. Journal of Business Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-024-05829-2

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 2, 2024
Online Publication Date Oct 17, 2024
Publication Date Oct 17, 2024
Deposit Date Oct 29, 2024
Publicly Available Date Oct 31, 2024
Journal Journal of Business Ethics
Print ISSN 0167-4544
Electronic ISSN 1573-0697
Publisher Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-024-05829-2
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/41137825
Publisher URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-024-05829-2

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