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Part 4: Evaluating marketing
Chapter 18: Ethical marketing in a
consumer-oriented world—appraisal and
challenges
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When we finish this lecture you should
• Understand how marketing can and should be
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evaluated
Know how to assess the connection between
marketing, materialism and social values
Know the challenges facing marketers in the future
Understand the issues at stake in globalisation
Know how to consider the ethical implications of
marketing decision-making
Know the reason as to why the legal framework of
marketing matters
Realise how far marketing can or should go
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Questioning marketing
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Would we be better off if there was not quite so much
emphasis on marketing?
Do we really need so many brands of products?
Does all the money spent on advertising really help
consumers?
Should we expect to be able to order groceries over the
Internet and have a van deliver them to our front door?
Do all the retail stores in shopping centres just add to the
price consumers must pay?
Does marketing serve society well or does it cost too much?
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Measuring consumer satisfaction
• The consumer satisfaction index
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A measure based on regular interviews with a number of
consumers, indicating the extent to which a company
fulfils a consumer’s needs, desires and expectations
• Satisfaction is subjective
• Profit—Surrogate measure of consumer satisfaction
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Micro-marketing often does cost too
much
• Micro-marketing is only viable when the benefits to
the customer exceed the costs to the marketer
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For customers in production-oriented companies, micromarketing may cost too much
• Many new products fail in production-oriented
companies
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Lack of understanding of the customer
Improper blending of the four Ps
Lack of understanding of the marketing environment
‘Me-too’ products don’t always succeed
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Macro-marketing does not cost too
much
• Consumers have a choice as to whether or not to
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buy new products
Prices of older products usually drop
Innovative companies’ profits may rise,
encouraging further innovation leading to new
investments, economic growth, higher income and
employment
Increased profits attract competition
Advertising is an economical way to provide
information
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Marketing, materialism and social
values
• Marketers aim to fulfil customers’ needs, not judge
them
• The market-directed economy can address social
problems
• Generally, marketing does not create ‘false tastes’
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Free speech and the use of sex
appeal in advertising
• Legislation abrogates free choice
• Public outrage can play into marketers’ hands
• Marketers can choose to take a societal view
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Figure 18.1 Some important changes and trends
affecting marketing and strategy planning
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Figure 18.1 Some important changes and trends
affecting marketing and strategy planning
(continued)
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Figure 18.1 Some important changes and trends
affecting marketing and strategy planning
(continued)
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Globalisation
• Globalisation—Considering the whole world as a
market
• Emergence of post-communist economies
• Extension of free trade markets
• Culture clashes
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Ethical marketing is not an oxymoron
• A rise in importance of environmental issues
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Green marketing—A key tool in environmental care
The ‘triple bottom line’—A principle whereby companies
should care about people, the planet and profit
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Ethical marketing is not an oxymoron
(continued)
• Privacy is important
• Consumer privacy— The consumer’s right that
information shared with a vendor will not be used
in ways inconsistent with the consumer’s
expectations
• Technology can threaten privacy
• Governments are active in preserving privacy
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The legal framework
• Unethical marketing practices are attracting bigger
penalties
• ‘Misleading or deceptive conduct’ by marketers is
targeted
• Who should be punished?
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Responsibility for ethics must be
shared
• Should marketers get the blame for giving
consumers what they want?
• Consumers’ impact on marketers
• Consumer/marketer harmony
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How far should the marketing
concept go?
• Should dangerous products be banned?
• Can clever marketing kill competitors’ good
products?
• Does legislation help?
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