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Ethics
Accepted principles of right or wrong that govern
- the conduct of a person
- the members of a profession
- the actions of an organization
Business ethics
Accepted principles of right or wrong governing the conduct of business people
Ethial strategy
A strategy, or course of action, that does not volate these acepted principles
Why is customer satisfaction important in the U.S.?
Basic objective of our market-related economic system has been to satisfy consumer needs as they, the consumers, see them
Implies that political freedom and economic freedom go hand in hand and that citizens in a free society have the right to live as they choose
The majority of American consumers would be unwilling to give up the freedom of choice they now enjoy
Marketing Concept
Means that an organization aims all its efforts at satisfying its customers - at a profit
customer satisfacition, total comapny effort, profit (or another measure of long-term success) as an objective
Marketing strategy
Specifies a target market and a related marketing mix. It is a big picture of what a frim will do in some market
two parts: target market and marketing mix
Marketing program
Blends all of the firm’s marketing plans into one “big” plan
An integrated part of the whole-company strategic plan
Marketing plan
A written statement of a marketing strategy and the time-related details for carrying out the strategy
It should spell out the following: what marketing mix will be offered, to whom and for how long.
- what company resources will be needed at what rate
- what results are expected (sales and profits perhaps monthly or quarterly, customer satifaction levels, and the like)
SWOT analysis
Identifies and lists the firm’s strengths and weaknesses and its opportunities and threats
The name SWOT is simply an abbreviation for the first two letters of the words strengths weaknesess opportunties and threats
A good SWOT helps the manager focus on a strategy that takes advantage of the firm’s strengths and opportunities while avoiding its weaknesses and threats to its success
4 p’s
Product
Place
Promotion
Price
True or False: A marketing plan is a static document it should not change over the planning period
False
Which ethical issues are most relevant to business?
Employment practices
Human rights
Environmental regulations
Corruption
Moral obligation of companies
Product safety
Ethical dilemma
Situations in which none of the available alternatives seem ethically acceptable
Why do Managers behave unethically?
Personal ethics
Decision making processes
Organizational culture
Unrealistic performance expectations
Leadership
Societal culture
How can managers make ethical decisions?
- Hire and promote people with a well grounded sense of personal ethics
- Build an organizational culture that places a high value on ethical behavior
- Make sure that leaders within he business articulate the rhetoric of ethical behavior and act in a manner that is consistent with that rhetoric
- Put decision making processes in place that require people to consider the ethical dimensions of busniess decions
- Develop moral courage
The Marketing Concept guides:
ethics
Micro-Macro Dilemma
Group needs vs. individual needs
Social responsibility, should all needs be satisifeied? What if profits suffer?
Invest in customer satisfaction
Allow your customer to complain!
Train and empower your employees to act!
Sources of Marketing Inefficiency
Lack of interest in customers
Improper blending of the 4P’s
Lack of understand of the enviornment
Criticisms of Macro-marketing
Advertising wastes resources
Consumers are too easily controlled - consumers are not puppets, needs and wants change
Marketing Objectives SMART
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant to the target
Timely
Combiner
Aims at 2 or more submarkets with the same marketing mix
Legal and Ethical Concerns
Consumer Privacy
Legal vs. ethical
Supply chain
targeting & deception
Pricing
Pricing directly affets the bottom line
Your pricing policy addresses:
- brand/company objectives
- image/positioning
- behavior of channel and end-user