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Question 2
organizations are embracing reactive policies and only a few are practicing proactive
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Question 3
connects with, and engages its target audience to convey the value of and ultimately
sell its products and services. However, some scholars argue that marketing
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more audience and increase sales. It gives company the platform to spread the good
word of their product which could have significant impact on people’s life. For
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more joy or more productivity because he bought it. Another reason marketing is not
positive image on the entire company. It can make the consumer feel like the
company is invested in the quality of the products and the value they provide
customers.
Supporting arguments
seem better than it really is. A clear use of marketing manipulation can be seen
when nestle manipulated mothers into thinking that their baby formula powdered milk
can be view as evil when business use it to make people buy more expensive
products that in perform poorly as advertised. from the case study itself, if Pope
chooses to sell the china made product, quality will be significantly affected for the
sake of profit and making and to impress the boss. Another reason marketing can be
bad as it promotes consumerism and waste. It creates needs and wants that did not
exist before. Marketing can encourage customers to spend money on goods and
services they really do not need or want. Consumerism is harmful for the
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Marketing professionals are expected and must obey the code of ethics that
can improve customer confidence and trust in the marketing exchange system. As
need can be unethical. Furthermore, marketers should not even encourage purchase
purchase means more consumption, the environment will be affected such as non-
Question 4
The Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 is a law of Malaysia that protects persons
making disclosures of improper conduct in the public and private sector from
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considered appropriate and ethical under five conditions. The first condition is when
the company produce a product or make a decision that will bring substantial harm to
the public or violating laws, the employee must then report the organization. The
The whistle blower have to be convinced that the situation is really causing harm to
The second condition is when the employee found a critical threat to the
employees, consumers, other stakeholders, the employee should voice out his or her
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moral concerns. The whistleblower should avoid accusing the manager about the
decisions made are incompetent and does not involve any ethical issues. The
employee should decide when is the best time to whistle blow whether its during the
employee’s immediate supervisor is not taking any action, or the boss does not care
for the whistle blower’s report. There is none action taken despite the best efforts of
the employee to solve the unethical situation. Then the employee head to the
highest level and present the case. The whistle blower should exhaust the chain of
command and internal procedures to the highest level of directors. The employee
should always use the internal route, if the internal route does not work only he or
ethical is documented evidence must be presented by the employee that proofs the
firm’s product, practice or policy is causing danger and seriously threatening to the
certain level so that the facts can be proven by the test of the law and the outside
public. The evidence is to convince observers that whistle blowing should take place.
This is because if wrong accusations are made and cannot be proved, it will end up
support his or her case and not depend on hearsay. The documents should contain
accurate and clear allegations of the unethical situation and send to the right person.
Lastly, the employee must have solid reasons to believe that when he or she
reveal the unethical action to the public, there will be necessary changes to remedy
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the situation. There are risks bearing when the employee blows the whistle.
Examples of risks includes ill treatment, difficult work, and termination. The
termination. It will be very hard to work in a company that goes against the
employee. So, the employee has to ensure that the risk and the chance of
succeeding is equal. The employee has to ensure and be convinced that whistle
blowing is from good intentions and bring good cause to the society.
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