Differentiate between marketing ethics and laws.
Differentiation should include
- understanding that ethics are the principles and standards that define acceptable marketing conduct as determined by various stakeholders (e.g., privacy issues and/or policies)
- understanding that laws are society’s expectation of conduct of what is right and wrong (e.g., online fraud)
- examining the rights and protections for owners of intellectual property (e.g., intellectual property theft)
- understanding responsibility for securing customer data.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are the privacy issues/policies marketers must consider?
- What are the standards by which marketers must abide?
- What does being socially responsible mean?
- What are examples of poor marketing ethical decisions?
- What laws have been enacted to protect consumers in Virginia?
- When do companies get a public relations professional or company involved after a breach has occurred?
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