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Strategy, Ethics, and Social Responsibility

chapter 2
Harcourt, Inc.

Objectives
Discuss

the six components of the marketing environment and their impact on marketing strategy Name and discuss the three dimensions of marketings social responsibility
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Objectives
Understand

the real issues behind the belief that marketing creates unneeded and unwanted products Develop and understanding of the possible unintended consequences of too much marketing
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Objectives
Understand

that the most important ethic in marketing is honesty Explain the principles of ethics and the difficulties encountered in creating a code of ethics for global trading
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Objectives

Appreciate

the challenges involved in cause-related marketing campaigns

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The Marketing Environment

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Political - Legal Considerations

Component of the marketing environment consisting of laws and interpretations of laws that require firms operate under competitive conditions and to protect consumer rights

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Political-Legal Considerations

Regulatory Agencies
FTC FCC

FDA EPA

CPSC

Federal Trade Commission Federal Communication Commission Federal Drug Administration Environmental Protection Agency Consumer Product and Safety Commission
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Political-Legal Considerations

Regulatory Agencies
Federal Trade Commission

Has broadest powers to influence marketing activities Has authority to enforce laws regulating unfair business practices Can take action to stop false and deceptive advertising

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Political-Legal Considerations

Regulatory Agencies
Federal Communications Commission

Regulates

communication by wire, radio, and television

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Political-Legal Considerations

Regulatory Agencies
Food And Drug Administration

Created

in 1906 to set product standards ensuring consumer safety and to require disclosure of product contents
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Political-Legal Considerations

Regulatory Agencies
Environmental Protection Agency

Federal

agency empowered to enforce anti-pollution standards that can affect product design, production, and distribution
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Political-Legal Considerations

Regulatory Agencies
Consumer Product Safety Commission

Created

in 1972 Is the federal agency with the responsibility for product safety
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Political-Legal Considerations

Government Regulation

Procompetitive

Laws Consumer Protection Laws Deregulation Laws

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Political-Legal Considerations

Government Regulation
Procompetitive Laws

Procompetitive

laws have been enacted to end unsavory business practices and to preserve competition
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Political-Legal Considerations

Government Regulation
Procompetitive Laws

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Political-Legal Considerations

Government Regulation
Consumer Protection Laws

Laws enacted to protect consumers against unscrupulous producers Many of major consumer protection laws enacted during past 40 years

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Political-Legal Considerations

Government Regulation
Consumer Protection Laws

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Political-Legal Considerations

Government Regulation
Consumer Protection Laws

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Political-Legal Considerations

Government Regulation
Consumer Protection Laws

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Political-Legal Considerations

Government Regulation
Deregulation Laws

In the 1980s, the federal government deregulated some industries in an effort to cut costs, administrative paperwork, and regulatory agencies

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Political-Legal Considerations

Government Regulation
Deregulation Laws

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The Marketing Environment

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Competitive Forces

The competitive forces environment includes the number and type of competitors, along with the market share each holds

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Competitive Forces
First Union

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Hal Riney and Partners

Four Types of Competition

Pure competition
Monopolistic competition

Oligopoly
Monopoly
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Political-Legal Considerations

Pure Competition

Many

firms selling the same basic products

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Monopolistic Competition

A large

number of sellers producing and selling similar products that are only slightly differentiated

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Political-Legal Considerations

Oligopoly

A few firms controlling the majority of the industrys sales

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Political-Legal Considerations

Monopoly

One

firm producing and selling a product to an entire market

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Competitive Forces

Anticipating&Analyzing Competition

Research

the Market Identify Current Competition Anticipate Competitive Action

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Competitive Forces

Anticipating&Analyzing Competition
Research The Market

How old is the market What are the technological changes? What are the pricing trends? Why did early market leaders fail?

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Competitive Forces

Anticipating&Analyzing Competition
Identify Current Competition
Who are the competitors? What are the market shares? Have market shares fluctuated? What are the strengths and weaknesses of competitors?

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Competitive Forces

Anticipating&Analyzing Competition
Anticipate Competitive Action

How will the competition respond to? How will potential competitive responses affect sales?

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The Marketing Environment

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Social Forces

The social forces environment requires marketers to stay abreast of demographic developments, changes in consumer values, and social trends

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Social Forces

Population Growth
U.S. Population Growth 1980-2035
360 340 320 300 280 260 240 220 200

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

2020

2025

2030

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2035

Social Forces

Changing Age Structure


Median Age of Resident Population 1980-2050
40 35 30 25 20 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Dr. Rosenbloom 30 31.4 32.8 34.3 35.7 38.5 39.3

Social Forces

Changing Family Structure


Percent of Families With Father, Mother, and Children
90 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 1955

72 68

1985
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2000

Social Forces

Levis Marketing

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Social Forces

Changing Minorities
30 25 20 15 10 5 Black Hispanic Asian Am. Indian

1980

1985

1989

1990

1991

1995

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The Marketing Environment

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Objectives And Resources

Objectives

Guide

efforts Must fit into company objectives

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Objectives And Resources

Resources
Financial Technological Production Managerial Others

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The Marketing Environment

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Marketing Environment

Economic Conditions

Economic factors that influence consumer buying power and marketing strategies

Business Cycles Inflation

Resource Available
Income
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Economic Conditions

Business Cycles
Prosperity

Recovery

Low unemployment High income

Declining unemployment Increased consumer spending

Increased business opportunity

Recession

Increasing unemployment Reduced consumer spending


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Economic Conditions

Economic Conditions

Economic factors that influence consumer buying power and marketing strategies

Business Cycles Inflation

Resource Available
Income
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Economic Conditions

Inflation
Consumer Price Index 1980-1998
200 150 100 50 0

1980

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

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1998

Economic Conditions

Economic Conditions

Economic factors that influence consumer buying power and marketing strategies.

Business Cycles Inflation

Resource Availability
Income
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Economic Conditions

Resource Availability
If resources are available
Prices decrease Demand increases

If resources are not available


Prices increase Demand decreases

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Economic Conditions

Economic Conditions

Economic factors that influence consumer buying power and marketing strategies

Business Cycles Inflation

Resource Available
Income
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Economic Conditions

Economic Conditions

Monitoring income levels

Opportunity for market development

Business Cycles Inflation

Resource Available
Income
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The Marketing Environment

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The Marketing Environment

Technological Developments

New manufacturing process New ingredients New distribution New advertising medium New eCommerce strategies

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Marketings Social Responsibilities


Social responsibility is the collection of marketing philosophies, policies, and procedures, and actions intended primarily to enhance societys welfare.
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Marketings Social Responsibilities

First

Responsibility: Efficiency and Effectiveness

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Criticisms of Marketing

Too many new unneeded products are marketed that fail Too many unneeded products are marketed that succeed

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Built-in obsolescence - Gateway

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Criticisms of Marketing

Too many new unneeded products are marketed that fail Too many unneeded products are marketing that succeed

Market distribution systems are inefficient A lot of advertising is wasteful expenditure Supply-side market failure

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Conservation Marketing - Ford

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Conservation Marketing
Mercedes-Benz

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Leo Burnett and Company, Incorporated

Criticisms of Marketing

Too many new unneeded products are marketed that fail Too many unneeded products are marketing that succeed

Demand-side market failure


Market distribution systems are inefficient A lot of advertising is wasteful expenditure Supply-side market failure

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Marketings Social Responsibilities

First

Responsibility: Efficiency and Effectiveness Second Responsibility: Ethical Codes of Behavior


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General Ethical Rules


Choose

to do the most good for most people What if everyone did it? Where do our basic values come from? Ethical vigilance
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Ethics

Issues addressed by company ethics statements

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Ethics

American Marketing Association Code of Ethics

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Marketings Social Responsibilities


First

Responsibility: Efficiency and Effectiveness Second Responsibility: Ethical Codes of Behavior Third Responsibility: Cause-related Marketing
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Cause-related Marketing - Allstate

Allstate Insurance

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Cause-related Marketing - Chevron

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Meshing Planned Marketing Program to Environment

Major new programs

New design New promotion program New service program New advertising theme New telemarketing program
Unique competitive advantage Fit is fine Some uncertainty Problem

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The Perpetual Motion Machine


Buyers preferences and wants are always being changed by changes in supply

The variation in supply offering is constantly changing

Free Market Efficiency

The variation in consumer offering is constantly changing

Suppliers products Dr. and processes are always Rosenbloom being changed by changes in demand

An Ethical Marketing Decision Making Process


Cultural and corporate values

Mental model of ethical principles as expressed in a checklist of questions Perception and recognition of an ethical dilemma in proposed goal, strategy, or action

Meshing of strategy and program to market environment, including the ethical dilemma Decision to proceed:
Effects on customers Effects on firms Effects on other employees Effects on other stakeholders Personal consequences

Goal, strategy, or implementation program

Firm Behavior

Personal factors:
Emotions Ideological beliefs Personality Traits Dr. Rosenbloom Personal upbringing and history
Source: Craig J. Thompson, A Contextualist Proposal for the Conceptualization and Study of Marketing Ethics, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, 14, no. 2 (fall 1995); 177-91.

What to do?
Nike says it does what it can to keep the military police out of its factories. Thats tough in Indonesia, where police help keep workers under control

Nikes,....maybe not so comfortable if we knew the abuses workers endure


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Source: Business Week, July 29, 1996, p. 46-47.

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