His main areas of interest include consumerism, marketing ethics, Catholic Social Teaching, and internal marketing communication. A frequent guest on television and radio programs, Dr. Abela has recently addressed such issues as the moral underpinnings of capitalism, the current financial crisis and ethics in advertising. Dr. Abela is also widely published in academic and professional journals, including The Journal of Marketing, The Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and The Journal of Markets & Morality.