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To what extent unethical marketing techniques could damage the sustainable business environment. Discuss. Marketing is like a double-edged sword, if it is adopted properly, it will give profits to a company; however, if it is used inadequately, it will give harm. It is undeniable that today’s business operations have more intense competition level against each other due to the advancement of technology that allows people to receive more information. Marketing plays the key role in making products being recognized by consumers. To get people’s attention, some massages about the product need to be sent to the target market. With the high level of competition, the unethical marketing issues arise in order to make their own firms gain more

28 39 23 67 37 28 56 40 28 50 51 45 44 65 61 27 24 61 34 44 64 25 24 27 29 a. Explain why the times are a population. b. Find the mean and median of c. Estimate the percent that did not have any dental expense. d. What was the cost for the 10 percent of employees who incurred the highest dental expense?

Marketing is a systematic method to the sale of goods, adopted by any business that not-for-profit with a specific message. Marketing is the sector that are used by marketers so that to satisfy customer needs in ability to generate profits in the company in order to meet the business objective.

Introduction Considering all the business disciplines available, marketing is usually considered to be probably the least self-critical. Regardless of the every now and then extremely bona fide interest in customer service, Provision of goods and services at costs that are affordable to the populace and implementation of efficient endorsements to push them to purchase merchandise that better fit their needs, wants and requirements, Marketing has not been able since time and memorial to evade the charge that it is morally, socially and ethically fruitless in some aspects. Marketers usually voice their aims and objectives regarding customer satisfaction, their corporate and ethical social responsibility programs, about building intimate

Societal Marketing concept: It focuses on needs / wants of target markets and delivering value better than competitors that preserves the consumers and society well being.

Is Marketing really all that ethical? Marketing has been used as a forefront for promoting the sale of products, and services to customers for centuries. We see examples of marketing every day channeled through mediums such as television, radio, newspapers, product packaging, and massive billboards on the side of the road. As humans, we are naturally wired to fall for the so called ‘next best product’, the ‘intriguingly eye catching packaging’, and the ‘lowest price’. However, what we are not able to see, are the true intentions of the marketer, and whether his/her intentions are ethically sound.

Ethical marketing has become one of the most critical issues in the business world. It refers to the use of marketing and promotional activities that do not harm the norms, values, and beliefs of the members of the society in which the organization operates (Murphy & Laczniak, 56). Ethical marketing has a direct impact on an organization's public image and sustainability in the industry (Groucutt, Forsyth, & Leadley, 63).

Societal Marketing: The marketing idea that they first asses the needs of their target market and then attempt to directly attack the market than

Is Marketing One-dimensional Problem-solving Discipline? The increasing interest in marketing studies has heightened the need for further discussion of the managerial ideology of marketing. Although considerable research has been devoted to criticizing marketing studies, rather less attention has been paid to the social influence beyond the marketing itself. With regard to marketing, the first interpretation popping up in your mind probably would be selling products to customers by variety effective means. That is, refer to marketing concept, focus on existing customers and fit customers wants and needs in order to achieve the ideal profitability, without violating in marketing ethics. One crucial idea that Hackley mentioned in his book, “An intriguing feature of Marketing studies is that it has developed many new forms of research and exploration but has yet remained, in its most popular guise, a resolutely one-dimensional problem-solving discipline” (Hackley, 2009), has become a controversial topic for marketing scholars and commentators. By one-dimensional problem-solving discipline, it supposed consumers can control by marketing managers by using varies techniques which are derived from marketing concepts (i.e. 4Ps). This kind discipline ideally solves marketing problem by just look at a very narrow side of view without further integrated knowledge, experiences, and judgments. The rest of this paper will be organized in the following way: critically examine whether

Introduction Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large (American Marketing Association, 2013).Marketing ethics is a set of moral values and standards which pertain to marketing. Responsible companies will operate and regulate their marketing activities into compliance with the marketing ethics while those irresponsible one may not.

Midterm Report Individual Assignment Patrick Marco International Marketing - LMIB2 3rd November 2014 Professor David James Marketing is one of the most fundamental aspects in any business success. In fact it is what you say and the way you say it whilst trying to explain how a certain product or service is, giving your target audience reason why to use or purchase it. Marketing can be a bunch of things, whether promotion, an ad, a brochure or a press release. It can simply be a Facebook page or even a Twitter account. In order to increase revenues, one tries to market his business to a great number of people. It plays an essential role in our every-day lives. Each person nowadays uses marketing one way or another without even realizing.

SOCIETAL MARKETING APPROACH: The societal marketing approach entails the concept that a business should make the decision about the

Marketing Concepts: • Comprehend customers needs and wants. • Provide excellent customer service. • Develop relationships. Primary Goal: Our initial priority is understanding the desires of the customers and delivering the just service and message. Also, we face the audience head-on. To integrate people-to-people interaction and have a clear perspective. Ensuring

OBJECTIVES OF STUDY • To study about marketing and it various methods and techniques and a comparison and analysis between the same. • To do a comparison and analysis of the marketing techniques used by the Insurance Industry (Birla Sun Life and HDFC Life) and to make out the best possible techniques and methods

2.0 Marketing concept This is the belief that satisfying customers can help achieve 3.5 Relation Marketing- Give the best possible customers service and therefore build customers loyalty. 3.6 Societal marketing-Ensuring there are no harmful activities to the society in either in the products, production or selling methods.