This dissertation falls within the scope of social marketing. The aim is to analyze the effects of guilt induction in fundraising campaigns. After a literature review on charitable giving and guilt in marketing, psychology and social sciences, we focus on guilt triggering, on stimulus intensity...

Guilt is a common emotion used by charities in their fundraising mailings. But is it effective to trigger guilt at the receiver in order to support a cause? This communication aims to identify what are the emotionnal, cognitive and behavioral responses of the receivers of guilt messages. To this...

This article examines two possible solutions when a charity reaches the point where donations cease to increase: either rejuvenate the target population or use different marketing tools. Following a review of the literature, this article presents the results of two surveys carried out on 884...