We all have our favourite brand, the one we support unswervingly or whose products we buy no matter the price. So what do you do when they slip up – whether it’s a campaign or a corporate move that goes against what you believe? What will it take for you to forgive them?

With people demanding their voices be heard more than ever before, taking a moral stance on all sorts of things is the new normal. Canvas8 spoke to Dr. Jillian Jordan, postdoctoral fellow at the Kellogg School of Management, to find out how brands can appeal to our desire to be morally good.

While decades of female activism have seen the gender pay gap come to the fore, the ethnicity divisions have often been overlooked. Only 3% of large businesses disclose their ethnicity pay gap in the UK, but 15 more companies will begin reporting, appealing to people expecting transparency.

As Americans become more socially and politically engaged, they want to support brands that share their values. Progressive Shopper clues online shoppers into a brand’s political affiliations, offering liberal Americans a chance to put their money where their mouth is.