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discuss its importance. Identify the major social criticisms of marketing. Define consumerism and environmentalism and explain how they affect marketing strategies. Describe the principles of sustainable marketing. Explain the role of ethics in marketing.
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First Stop
Patagonia s Sustainability Mission: Do No Harm
Background Patagonias Response
Business Approach: To produce the highest-quality products while doing the least possible harm to the environment. Environmental Review Process examines all of the methods and materials used in making clothing. Socially Responsible: Donates time, services, and 1% of sales to grassroots environmental groups. Challenge: Eco-savvy buyers are asking hard questions about product origins.
Created Footprint Chronicles: Documents and shares with customers information about the environmental effects of every link in the firms supply chain. Both positive and negative information is provided. Results: Manufacturing, not transportation, takes the most energy and often creates bad by-products. PFOA used in rain shell jacket was found to be toxic, requiring a product change. CEO believes benefits outweigh the costs, and that firm is setting a new competitive bar.
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Sustainable Marketing
Sustainable marketing:
Socially and environmentally responsible marketing that meets the present needs of consumers and businesses while also preserving or enhancing the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
E.g., McDonalds Play to Win strategy.
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Overselling private goods at the expense of public (social) goods. Creating cultural pollution, stemming from constant exposure to marketing messages.
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Consumerism:
An organized movement of citizens and government agencies to improve the rights and power of buyers in relation to sellers.
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Not buy a product that is offered for sale. Expect the product to be safe. Expect the product to perform as claimed. Be well informed about important aspects of the product. Be protected against questionable products and marketing practices. Influence products and marketing practices in ways that will improve quality of life. Consume now in a way that will preserve the world for future generations of consumers.
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Environmentalism:
First wave in the 1960s1970s was driven by environmental groups and concerned consumers. Second wave in the 1970s and 1980s was driven by government and resulted in environmental laws. Third wave is occurring now. Firms are accepting more responsibility and many have adopted a policy of environmental sustainability.
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Environmental sustainability:
A management approach that involves developing strategies that both sustain the environment and produce profits for the company.
Consumer-oriented marketing:
The philosophy of sustainable marketing that holds that the company should view and organize its marketing activities from the consumers point of view.
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Customer-value marketing:
A principle of sustainable marketing that holds that a company should put most of its resources into customer-valuebuilding marketing investments.
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Innovative marketing:
A principle of sustainable marketing that requires that a company seek real product and marketing improvements.
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Sense-of-mission marketing:
A principle of sustainable marketing that holds that a company should define its mission in broad social terms rather than narrow product terms.
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Societal marketing:
A principle of sustainable marketing that holds that a company makes marketing decisions by considering consumers wants and interests, the companys requirements, consumers long-run interests, and societys long-run interests.
Seeks to introduce desirable products, rather than those that are deficient, salutary, or simply pleasing.
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