Description
Book SynopsisSocial marketing is being adopted by a growing number of government and nonprofit organizations around the world because of its power to bring about important social changes. An array of commercial marketing concepts and techniques has been applied to problems ranging from child abuse to teen smoking to environmental neglect. However, in crafting these programs, agencies face complex ethical challenges. For example, is it acceptable to exaggerate risk and heighten fear if doing so saves more lives? What if improving the lives of one group has negative effects on another? How does a marketing campaign respect a group''s culture while calling for fundamental change within it?
In Ethics in Social Marketing, ten contributors draw on their professional experience and the literature of ethics to set forth a range of problems and offer frameworks for their resolution. They introduce philosophical rules and practical models to guide decision making, and they focus on su
Table of Contents
1. Ethics and the Social Marketer: A Framework for PractitionersWilliam A. Smith 2. Ethical Considerations in the Use of Marketing for the Management of Public Health and Social IssuesMichael L. Rothschild 3. The Ethics of International Social MarketingGeorge G. Brenkert 4. Social Marketing as Business Strategy: The Ethical DimensionD. Kirk Davidson and William D. Novelli 5. Alliances and Ethics in Social MarketingAlan R. Andreasen and Minette E. Drumwright 6. Social Marketing and Social Contracts: Applying Intergrative Social Contracts Theory to Ethical Issues in Social MarketingN. Craig Smith 7. Marketing Ethics to Social Marketers: A Segmented ApproachSusan D. Kirby and Alan R. Andreasen 8. Teaching and Modeling Ethics in Social MarketingMichael D. Basil
