Consumer Behaviour in the Aspect of Sustainable Development

Małgorzata Rutkowska, Jerzy Tutaj, Jarosław Jezierski and Anna Kamińska

No WORMS/18/01, WORking papers in Management Science (WORMS) from Department of Operations Research and Business Intelligence, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Abstract: In the contemporary world, the care for the state of the environment becomes very important, which is reflected in the behaviour of consumers on the market. The basic need of consumers is to function and achieve their own goals, as well as make their values true, which helps them to get satisfied and have a decent life. The economy of a “total consumer”, whose only goal is to have more and more and to use more and more, has become widespread, therefore the whole economy seeks unlimited consumption. The solution is the idea of sustainable development, which combines economic development, environmental protection and social justice on a local, regional and global scale, at the same time opposing the pursuit of continuous economic growth, regardless of the social and environmental costs incurred. The aim of the article is to analyse consumer behaviour in the context of sustainable development. The article defines the concept of sustainable development and consumer behaviour. Further, the problem of balanced consumption is approximated.

Keywords: Sustainable development; Consumption; Consumer behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q01 Q59 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2018-01-07
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Published in: Proceedings of the 5th International Scientific Conference on Modern Economics [Dokument elektroniczny] : 14-16 May 2018, Vigo, Spain / Norbert Grünwald, Małgorzata Zakrzewska (Eds.). Wismar : University of Wismar, 2018.

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