[temp-dude-87844]

The term "ethical consumerism" is unfortunate, because it contains the word "consumerism", whose meaning has gained negative connotations. A frequent alternate term for the concept is "ethical consumption", which sidesteps the unintended value judgments that some people hear in the other term.

[mc32]

That works for me. “Consumerism” is unfortunate in that it carries baggage, intended and maybe unintended because it’s used to describe people’s attitude towards their buying habits in a negative light. Often this is rightly pointed out —cheap disposable things which can have upstream and downstream impacts that often offer poor long-term value to the buyer.

[dvtrn]

I like “ethical consumption” for the reasons given, had not yet been exposed to this particular framing. Thank you.