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Marketing Ethics PY PDF
Marketing Ethics PY PDF
Marketing Ethics PY PDF
Changes the way we think about how goods are provided, the
people who make and sell the things we buy every day
Sales
Channels
Whereas ‘law’ is often a matter of black and white – right and wrong – ethics
often encompass a fuzzy gray area, shaded by subjective judgments
A shady marketer possibly will try to lure a customer into
participating in unethical sales practices or you will be rendered
weak by a competitor who engages in them to undercut your
business
“As marketers –
We recognize that we not only serve our organizations but also act
as stewards of society in creating, facilitating and executing the
transactions that are part of the greater economy …
In this role, marketers are expected to embrace the highest
professional ethical norms and the ethical values implied by our
responsibility toward multiple stakeholders (e.g., customers,
employees, investors, peers, channel members, regulators and the
host community)”
Honesty Responsibility
Fairness Respect
Transparency & Citizenship
Ethical marketing would entail –
Making honest claims & satisfying the needs of potential &
existing customers
Henry Ford said the competitor to fear for any company was the
one who spent all their time improving their business and never
worried about what you were doing
There are always new campaigns to plan and launch, new tactics
to master and roll out and of course new targets to chase down &
beat