Wk 1 Discussion - Ethical Behavior as a Marketing Strategy Response 2
.docx
keyboard_arrow_up
School
University of Phoenix *
*We aren’t endorsed by this school
Course
574
Subject
Marketing
Date
Apr 3, 2024
Type
docx
Pages
2
Uploaded by chavelli24
Wk 1 Discussion - Ethical Behavior as a Marketing Strategy [due Day 3]
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.
Due Day 3
Marketing strategies are used to promote products and services. Many companies have discovered their customers indicate that ethics and social responsibility matter when choosing products.
Select 1 company that uses ethical behavior as a marketing strategy. Consider the effect it has on the company.
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
How does the company you selected distinguish between social responsibility and ethical and legal issues in their marketing strategy?
What is the value to the company of communicating ethical behavior to the public?
Due Day 7
Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.
Response:
Starbucks is a company that uses ethical behavior as a marketing strategy. Starbucks is committed to becoming resource positive – to give more than they take from the planet. Starbucks sources tea from third-party certified farmers with the focus to improve the livelihoods of tea workers, smallholder farmers and their communities, and the environment in which tea is produced.
In terms of legal issues, Starbucks recognizes the importance of adhering to the laws, rules, and
regulations of the countries in which it operates. All Starbucks partners have a continuing obligation to familiarize themselves with applicable laws relating to their job responsibilities and all Starbucks policies. Starbucks is also committed to following all applicable wage and hour
laws and regulations to help ensure that all work performed for Starbucks is compensated correctly.
The Starbucks Code of Ethics is valuable by shaping employees conduct by outlining a framework for ethical behavior. Employees benefit from committing to the code through compliance with applicable laws and regulations, resulting in a work environment that values employees and their well-being, contributing to their overall satisfaction.
References:
Bhayani, T. (2023, October 20). Exploring the Starbucks Code of Ethics. AirMason.
Compliance with Law and Regulations. (n.d.). Starbucks.
Starbucks Ethical Sourcing of Sustainable Products. (n.d.). Starbucks.
Your preview ends here
Eager to read complete document? Join bartleby learn and gain access to the full version
- Access to all documents
- Unlimited textbook solutions
- 24/7 expert homework help
Related Questions
Use details, specifics, examples to explain your answer. Write five sentences at a minimum.
Quesstion: Give a specific example of how marketers can mitigate one of the perceived risks to market effectively to consumers. Discuss the purchase situation and suggested marketing strategy.
arrow_forward
TOPIC:The influence of social media on retail consumer behavior.
Identify a suitable theory that is related to your research topic. Ensure that it is a significant andwell-established theory in the field. You can include more than one theory or model, but atundergraduate level this is not necessary. Fully describe the theory in your own words, based onmultiple, credible sources. Then provide a justification for the relevance of the theory to yourproposed study. The theory must be clearly and consistently related to the research problem in acoherent discussion. Both the explanation of theory and the justification and application of thetheory must be clear and well argued.
arrow_forward
Develop a response using the following to guide you:
Identify a product/service of your choice.
Provide the description of your product (at least 250 words) and market (at least 250 words).
Identify your segment, target market, and positioning strategy (at least 250 words).
Develop a SWOT analysis with at least four points for each dimension.
Develop a PESTLE analysis with at least four points for each dimension.
For any information you reflect within this assignment, ensure a citation. You must include at least six (6) academic sources for this assignment. If possible, use resources outside of the USA and include perspectives from different countries, contexts, and cultures.
arrow_forward
70 - 86. Read the case below and provide ONE (1) feasible recommendation on what kind of media and
marketing message they should provide to avoid this scenario based on your evaluation/assessment.
McDonald's has pulled out its ad dubbed by some as the "BF-GF commercial," after the Catholic Bishops'
Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called for them to stop airing the ad, reports Inquirer.net.
The giant fast-food chain decided to pull out the 30-second ad from significant television networks yesterday
after some Catholic Church officials said it could send the wrong message to children. In the commercial, a
little girl asks a boy if she was already his girlfriend. The boy says no, claiming girlfriends are too demanding.
However, he seemingly changes his mind when the girl says all she wants is the P25 French fries at
McDonald's.
McDonald's Philippines Vice President for Marketing Margot Torres told Radio Veritas that they have pulled out
the ad because they respect the call of…
arrow_forward
Match each social media marketing action with the appropriate step of the new-product development process.
Terms:
New-product strategy development
Product development
Business analysis
Idea screening
Test marketing
Product launch
Idea generation
Determining that smartphone apps and social media are important parts of the bank’s future plans to reach young consumers
Tweeting out the availability of a new smartphone app that helps young professionals manage their financial lives better
Inviting younger “fans” of the bank’s social media sites to have a free trial of the new smartphone app
Having a Facebook discussion with consumers on what they would ideally like to have from a bank smartphone app
Creating a prototype of the smartphone app
Using Twitter to ask followers what prices they are willing to pay for smartphone apps
Developing a social media site that allows college consumers to review and provide feedback on new product…
arrow_forward
24.The goal of market segmentation is to break down the market for a product or a service into different groups of consumers so the firm can:
tailor its marketing mix to each individual segment
make the sales job easier
offer a standard product to every consumer
offer a customized product to every consumer
make more money
arrow_forward
15) Benjamin, a marketer of an investment services company, noticed that most of his target customers do not have any retirement plan. He tracks the prospects through large-scale promotional efforts to meet his sales target. Benjamin most likely practices the ________.
A) production concept
B) marketing concept
C) selling concept
D) product concept
E) societal marketing concept
arrow_forward
Find an ad (placed in the media…not just an image from a website) for Sensodyne Tooth Paste
Discuss the ad, including the target market, ad content and design, and message appeal. Do you think the ad accomplishes its objectives (why or why not)?
arrow_forward
Citizen action publics such as The National Council on Drug Abuse and the National Road Safety Council utilize commercial marketing tools and programmes to influence individuals’ behavior to improve their well-being. This is an example of
a.
Social Marketing
b.
Organization Marketing
c.
Place Marketing
US Based, Kroger is a famous franchise designed to serve its customers at as a self service, low margins, high volume operation. They fall in the category of a
a.
Supermarket
b.
Convenience Store
c.
Retailer
d.
Discount Store
Which of the 4P’s generates revenue and has a direct impact on the company’s bottom line?
a.
Place
b.
Product
c.
Price
d.
Promotion
A set of firms that supply the raw material, components, parts, information, finances and expertise needed to create the product or service are known as
a.
Channel distributors
b.
Intermediaries
c.
Upstream…
arrow_forward
Q4: What key factors underlying the success of a direct mail campaign?
arrow_forward
Please do not give solution in image formate thanku.
arrow_forward
1
arrow_forward
In detail, describe (minimum of 10) different Ad exposures someone could experience on a given day. (For example: North Face Jacket Facebook ads while using facebook, in the morning, and seeing lawyer billboards while driving in the evening)
Analyze it from a marketer's perspective, as to why they reached you the way they did, you being their target audience.
arrow_forward
1. Juan wants to gain a usable understanding of consumer behavior. Which application of consumer behavior does this represent?
a. Marketing strategy!
b. Social marketing
arrow_forward
You are working with Blue Bottle Coffee Co. to increase consumer visits to the company's landing
page that promotes and sells at-home coffee-brewing systems. One way to increase such visits is
to work for better organic search engine results through Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Which
of the following tactics should you follow in your SEO program?
O Be sure that content on Blue Bottle's landing pages discusses the company's in-store drinks and promotions
O Decrease the use of meta tags, thus improving the search to hit ratios through organic searches
O Includ fewer keywords on Blue Bottle's website so that the remaining keywords garner more attention from
the search engines
O Build the site's authority by determining ways to garner more mentions on other, nonaffiliated websites
O You should use all of the tactics listed.
arrow_forward
Analyse the advertising and
communication
that the company uses to
communicate with the consumers of your
chosen breakfast cereal
2.1 Choose any product advert or
communication and evaluate the
consumption-specific bases
of segmentation that was applied.
2.2 Find adverts with examples of how the
company is aiming to provide customer
value, ensure customer satisfaction, build
customer trust, and secure customer
retention
2.3 Do you think that the company has
managed to get a competitive advantage
in marketing
this product? Motivate your answer.
arrow_forward
Answer the questions below thanks
arrow_forward
Question 2
What is the purpose of influencer marketing?
Using influencial celebrities for disinformation campaigns
against competitors
Targeting people known to influence others who may be
potential customers
Key corporate officers infuencing the daily management of
frontline employees
Posting signs in a store to influence purchase decisions at
the point of sale
View Feedback
Question 3
When does a consumer become a customer?
When the consumer wishes he could buy the product
When the consumer acknowledges a need for a product or
service that he wants to fill
While a person stands in line to buy a product
When a consumer buys a product or service for the first time
View Feedback
Question 6
Which type of customer loyalty would marketers prefer?
Attitudinal loyalty
Complete loyalty
Marketers don’t care if a customer is loyal
Behavioral loyalty
View Feedback
Question 7
What is one strategy for generating attitudinal loyalty?
By developing a memorable logo that conveys the attitude…
arrow_forward
Use details, specifics, examples to explain your answer. Write five sentences at a minimum.
Quesstion: Explain the psychology of scent marketing.
arrow_forward
Long detailed answer with proper points
arrow_forward
Marketing research task.
Week 9.
Evaluate and comment on the following questions, taken from several questionnaires. All of these questions have some problem and you need to choose 3 of the questions and find the issues for your chosen question and give some comments and suggestions.
This is an UNIVERSITY survey on their MOODLE usage: How often do you use MOODLE? Please check one.
A survey of advertising agencies:
Do you understand and like the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s new corrective advertising policy?
___ Yes ___ No
A survey on a new, small electric car:
Assuming 90 per cent of your driving is in town, would you buy this type of car?
___ Yes ___ No
If this type of electric car had the same initial cost as a current ‘Big 3’ full-sized, fully equipped car, but operated at one-half the cost over a five-year period, would you buy one?
___ Yes ___ No
A student survey:
Since the beginning of this semester, approximately what percentage of the time do you get to…
arrow_forward
1. Does the information posted on the Internet have a sufficient level of credibility to influence consumer views? Justify!
Please write on paper
arrow_forward
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Principles Of Marketing
Marketing
ISBN:9780134492513
Author:Kotler, Philip, Armstrong, Gary (gary M.)
Publisher:Pearson Higher Education,
Marketing
Marketing
ISBN:9781259924040
Author:Roger A. Kerin, Steven W. Hartley
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Foundations of Business (MindTap Course List)
Marketing
ISBN:9781337386920
Author:William M. Pride, Robert J. Hughes, Jack R. Kapoor
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Marketing: An Introduction (13th Edition)
Marketing
ISBN:9780134149530
Author:Gary Armstrong, Philip Kotler
Publisher:PEARSON
Contemporary Marketing
Marketing
ISBN:9780357033777
Author:Louis E. Boone, David L. Kurtz
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Related Questions
- Use details, specifics, examples to explain your answer. Write five sentences at a minimum. Quesstion: Give a specific example of how marketers can mitigate one of the perceived risks to market effectively to consumers. Discuss the purchase situation and suggested marketing strategy.arrow_forwardTOPIC:The influence of social media on retail consumer behavior. Identify a suitable theory that is related to your research topic. Ensure that it is a significant andwell-established theory in the field. You can include more than one theory or model, but atundergraduate level this is not necessary. Fully describe the theory in your own words, based onmultiple, credible sources. Then provide a justification for the relevance of the theory to yourproposed study. The theory must be clearly and consistently related to the research problem in acoherent discussion. Both the explanation of theory and the justification and application of thetheory must be clear and well argued.arrow_forwardDevelop a response using the following to guide you: Identify a product/service of your choice. Provide the description of your product (at least 250 words) and market (at least 250 words). Identify your segment, target market, and positioning strategy (at least 250 words). Develop a SWOT analysis with at least four points for each dimension. Develop a PESTLE analysis with at least four points for each dimension. For any information you reflect within this assignment, ensure a citation. You must include at least six (6) academic sources for this assignment. If possible, use resources outside of the USA and include perspectives from different countries, contexts, and cultures.arrow_forward
- 70 - 86. Read the case below and provide ONE (1) feasible recommendation on what kind of media and marketing message they should provide to avoid this scenario based on your evaluation/assessment. McDonald's has pulled out its ad dubbed by some as the "BF-GF commercial," after the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called for them to stop airing the ad, reports Inquirer.net. The giant fast-food chain decided to pull out the 30-second ad from significant television networks yesterday after some Catholic Church officials said it could send the wrong message to children. In the commercial, a little girl asks a boy if she was already his girlfriend. The boy says no, claiming girlfriends are too demanding. However, he seemingly changes his mind when the girl says all she wants is the P25 French fries at McDonald's. McDonald's Philippines Vice President for Marketing Margot Torres told Radio Veritas that they have pulled out the ad because they respect the call of…arrow_forwardMatch each social media marketing action with the appropriate step of the new-product development process. Terms: New-product strategy development Product development Business analysis Idea screening Test marketing Product launch Idea generation Determining that smartphone apps and social media are important parts of the bank’s future plans to reach young consumers Tweeting out the availability of a new smartphone app that helps young professionals manage their financial lives better Inviting younger “fans” of the bank’s social media sites to have a free trial of the new smartphone app Having a Facebook discussion with consumers on what they would ideally like to have from a bank smartphone app Creating a prototype of the smartphone app Using Twitter to ask followers what prices they are willing to pay for smartphone apps Developing a social media site that allows college consumers to review and provide feedback on new product…arrow_forward24.The goal of market segmentation is to break down the market for a product or a service into different groups of consumers so the firm can: tailor its marketing mix to each individual segment make the sales job easier offer a standard product to every consumer offer a customized product to every consumer make more moneyarrow_forward
- 15) Benjamin, a marketer of an investment services company, noticed that most of his target customers do not have any retirement plan. He tracks the prospects through large-scale promotional efforts to meet his sales target. Benjamin most likely practices the ________. A) production concept B) marketing concept C) selling concept D) product concept E) societal marketing conceptarrow_forwardFind an ad (placed in the media…not just an image from a website) for Sensodyne Tooth Paste Discuss the ad, including the target market, ad content and design, and message appeal. Do you think the ad accomplishes its objectives (why or why not)?arrow_forwardCitizen action publics such as The National Council on Drug Abuse and the National Road Safety Council utilize commercial marketing tools and programmes to influence individuals’ behavior to improve their well-being. This is an example of a. Social Marketing b. Organization Marketing c. Place Marketing US Based, Kroger is a famous franchise designed to serve its customers at as a self service, low margins, high volume operation. They fall in the category of a a. Supermarket b. Convenience Store c. Retailer d. Discount Store Which of the 4P’s generates revenue and has a direct impact on the company’s bottom line? a. Place b. Product c. Price d. Promotion A set of firms that supply the raw material, components, parts, information, finances and expertise needed to create the product or service are known as a. Channel distributors b. Intermediaries c. Upstream…arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
- Principles Of MarketingMarketingISBN:9780134492513Author:Kotler, Philip, Armstrong, Gary (gary M.)Publisher:Pearson Higher Education,MarketingMarketingISBN:9781259924040Author:Roger A. Kerin, Steven W. HartleyPublisher:McGraw-Hill EducationFoundations of Business (MindTap Course List)MarketingISBN:9781337386920Author:William M. Pride, Robert J. Hughes, Jack R. KapoorPublisher:Cengage Learning
- Marketing: An Introduction (13th Edition)MarketingISBN:9780134149530Author:Gary Armstrong, Philip KotlerPublisher:PEARSONContemporary MarketingMarketingISBN:9780357033777Author:Louis E. Boone, David L. KurtzPublisher:Cengage Learning
Principles Of Marketing
Marketing
ISBN:9780134492513
Author:Kotler, Philip, Armstrong, Gary (gary M.)
Publisher:Pearson Higher Education,
Marketing
Marketing
ISBN:9781259924040
Author:Roger A. Kerin, Steven W. Hartley
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Foundations of Business (MindTap Course List)
Marketing
ISBN:9781337386920
Author:William M. Pride, Robert J. Hughes, Jack R. Kapoor
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Marketing: An Introduction (13th Edition)
Marketing
ISBN:9780134149530
Author:Gary Armstrong, Philip Kotler
Publisher:PEARSON
Contemporary Marketing
Marketing
ISBN:9780357033777
Author:Louis E. Boone, David L. Kurtz
Publisher:Cengage Learning