ETHICS IN MARKETING MINI-CASE STUDIES Read the 4 mini-cases below. For each case answer the following questions: 1. What are the relevant Facts? 2. What are the ethical Issues? 3. Offer your opinion on what actions should be taken. Case Study 1 Incredible Shrinking Potato Chip Package Topic: Cost vs. price vs. value issues Characters: Julie‚ Brand Manager for potato chips at a regional salty snacks manufacturer Dave‚ Marketing Director for the regional salty snacks manufacturer
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dividing a potential market into distinct subsets of consumers with a common need or characteristic and selecting one or more segments to target with a specially designed marketing mix. Besides aiding in the development of new products‚ segmentation studies assist in the redesign and repositioning of existing products‚ in the creation of promotional appeals‚ and the selection of advertising media. In order to be a viable target market‚ a segment must be identifiable (by some criteria such as demographics
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company’s business can be divided into three main business areas: fixed line‚ wireless‚ and information and communication technology. PLDT is the leading telecommunications service provider in the Philippines. Through its three principal business groups-wireless‚ fixed line‚ and information and communications technology-PLDT offers the largest and most diversified range of telecommunications services across The Philippines’ most extensive fibber optic backbone and wireless‚ fixed line and satellite
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Responsibility Group Assignments Assignment 1 You have been retained by the chairman/chief executive of a company‚ which is about to be floated on the stock market through an IPO. He is opposed to the advice he has received from his financial advisers that the roles of the chairman and chief executive should be separated. Prepare a report/presentation to him. Group 1 Group 2 Group 12 Assignment 2 Choose any one listed group of companies operating in India. Research its website to study its business
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A teaching case study is defined as a narrative that describes a specific event within the school environment that allows professionals to investigate critical issues that impact the learning of students. Creating a case study can be seen as a form of professional development‚ educators learning from real examples. A case study is a powerful way for educators to reflect on the actions of other professionals. “Case studies force individuals and groups to think somewhat differently then they have
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respond rapidly to changing customer expectations and business demands. To learn more about BPM solutions from IBM‚ please visit ibm.com/bpm.. Continued success‚ Nancy Pearson Vice President‚ BPM‚ SOA‚ WebSphere and Industry Marketing IBM Software Group Interested in becoming an IBM client reference? Please visit ibm.com/ibm/clientreference. IBM Business Process Management Success Stories IBM Business Process Management Success Stories Table of Contents Austin Energy..................
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Case Study 1: KFC and McDonald’s in Shanghai) Question 1: Who is running the more successful business in Shanghai: KFC or McDonald’s? Why? KFC is running the more successful business in Shanghai. The reasons are as follows: 1. In 2002‚ Shanghai KFC ranked first among China’s 500 catering companies with an annual turnover of 804 million yuan. (see Exhibit 2) 2. According to a survey published in IMI Consumer Behaviors and Life Patterns Yearbook 2002‚ the five most popular western fast-food
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An encounter with interpersonal conflict Conflict is something we all ex prince at one point or another in our life time. According to our author‚ “Conflict is a part of every interpersonal relationship‚...” (DeVito‚ 2008-2009‚ p.286). Since people have different views‚ conflict‚ a disagreement‚ is something we all must learn to deal with. The conflict I choose to write about involves a conflict I encountered with my ex-girlfriend a while ago. Me and my ex met through mutual friends we shared
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a variety of obstacles‚ primarily due to the high product mix‚ which explains why extensive utilization of lean is not reported in the journals for this industrial sector. Most of the reported applications and documentations are discussing lean in cases where there are a few families of high volume products and processes involved. The reports mainly fail to detail the ways waste is removed. The recommendations are far from applicable when thousands of parts in low quantity and several nonlinear processes
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negotiators face are the dilemma of ____________ and the dilemma of __________. 15. Most actual negotiations are a combination of claiming and ____________ value processes. 16. ____________ is analyzed as it affects the ability of the group to make decisions‚ work productively‚ resolve its differences‚ and continue to achieve its goals effectively. 17. Most people initially
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