Artificial Intelligence and Its Ethical Implications for Marketing

Despite the recent developments in AI, ethical questions arise when consumers contemplate how their data is being treated. This paper develops a conceptual model building on the theory of acceptance, risk, trust, and attitudes towards AI to understand the drivers that lead consumers to accept AI, co...

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Main Authors: Ana Rita Gonçalves, Diego Costa Pinto, Paulo Rita, Tamara Pires
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ital Publication 2023-02-01
Series:Emerging Science Journal
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Online Access:https://www.ijournalse.org/index.php/ESJ/article/view/1298
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description Despite the recent developments in AI, ethical questions arise when consumers contemplate how their data is being treated. This paper develops a conceptual model building on the theory of acceptance, risk, trust, and attitudes towards AI to understand the drivers that lead consumers to accept AI, considering consumers' ethical concerns. The model was empirically tested with 200 consumers of AI marketing services. The findings reveal that perceived risk significantly impacts attitudes toward AI, ethical concerns, and perceived trust and suggest a significant association between perceived risk, ethical concerns, and social norms. This research provides important theoretical and managerial implications for the ethical aspects of AI in marketing by highlighting the ethical and moral questions surrounding AI's acceptance.   Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2023-07-02-01 Full Text: PDF
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spelling doaj.art-7ee423d466be4e43b73f33ec050756412023-02-25T08:04:57ZengItal PublicationEmerging Science Journal2610-91822023-02-017231332710.28991/ESJ-2023-07-02-01439Artificial Intelligence and Its Ethical Implications for MarketingAna Rita Gonçalves0Diego Costa Pinto1Paulo Rita2Tamara Pires3NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1070-312 Lisboa,NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1070-312 Lisboa,NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1070-312 Lisboa,NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1070-312 Lisboa,Despite the recent developments in AI, ethical questions arise when consumers contemplate how their data is being treated. This paper develops a conceptual model building on the theory of acceptance, risk, trust, and attitudes towards AI to understand the drivers that lead consumers to accept AI, considering consumers' ethical concerns. The model was empirically tested with 200 consumers of AI marketing services. The findings reveal that perceived risk significantly impacts attitudes toward AI, ethical concerns, and perceived trust and suggest a significant association between perceived risk, ethical concerns, and social norms. This research provides important theoretical and managerial implications for the ethical aspects of AI in marketing by highlighting the ethical and moral questions surrounding AI's acceptance.   Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2023-07-02-01 Full Text: PDFhttps://www.ijournalse.org/index.php/ESJ/article/view/1298artificial intelligencerisktrustattitudeethical concernssocial norms.
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Diego Costa Pinto
Paulo Rita
Tamara Pires
Artificial Intelligence and Its Ethical Implications for Marketing
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artificial intelligence
risk
trust
attitude
ethical concerns
social norms.
title Artificial Intelligence and Its Ethical Implications for Marketing
title_full Artificial Intelligence and Its Ethical Implications for Marketing
title_fullStr Artificial Intelligence and Its Ethical Implications for Marketing
title_full_unstemmed Artificial Intelligence and Its Ethical Implications for Marketing
title_short Artificial Intelligence and Its Ethical Implications for Marketing
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topic artificial intelligence
risk
trust
attitude
ethical concerns
social norms.
url https://www.ijournalse.org/index.php/ESJ/article/view/1298
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