ETHICS OF MARKETING – IS MARKETING ETHICAL? Cover Image

ETYKA MARKETINGU – CZY MARKETING JEST ETYCZNY?
ETHICS OF MARKETING – IS MARKETING ETHICAL?

Author(s): Anna Drapińska
Subject(s): Economy, Micro-Economics, Marketing / Advertising, Business Ethics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: ethics; marketing; stakeholders; enterprise; trust; relations;

Summary/Abstract: For some time, there have been critical voices against the marketing, as unethical activities, targeting the customers and society as a whole. It can be argued that the image of marketing is negative in this context. The objective of the paper is the attempt to answer the question whether marketing is ethical. It was found that the essence of marketing is taking care of the welfare of the stakeholders of enterprises and linking interest of the company, customers and society as a whole. There are no targets and objectives in the concept of marketing related to the manipulation and lack of integrity. The main responsibility for negative image of marketing is on the side of practitioners who often use aggressive and unfair sales activities, using marketing tools.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 41 (2)
  • Page Range: 229-239
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish