Walmart and Corporate Social Responsibility
Student exercise to discuss Walmart and the concept of societal marketing and how it fits with profit goals.
Ethics
Pricing Strategy and Ethics
In this new product pricing activity, students consider whether a market penetration pricing approach is the most effective (and ethical) strategy for a new water amusement park.
Sexual Advertising Appeal: Fit with Brand?
This viral sales promotion met its various marketing objectives, but questions can be raised about the brand’s integrity and fit with positioning because of the use of an sexual appeal in the campaign.
Ethical Advertising? Tommy Hilfiger Brand Launch
This activity highlights the initial advertising campaign to launch the Tommy Hilfiger brand. But the campaign was not based on strategy, but based upon a strong creative idea.
McDonald’s Sponsorships
Is it ethical that McDonald’s uses sponsorships in order to create positive view of the company by doing good things in the community and for local groups?
Marketing and Ethics
Marketers are also accused in the media from time to time of creating the material society and of “forcing” people to buy products that they really don’t want or need – is this the case?
Is this High-Pressure Selling?
This firm relies on heavy promotional tactics in order to generate their sales, which some people might term ‘high-pressure’ selling. In this case; are they effective marketers or are they engaging in unethical practices?
