L.BUS 341 - Marketing Ethics-VX

Credits: 3

This course takes a managerial approach that integrates the theory and concepts a marketing manager must comprehend in order to make effective and morally acceptable marketing decisions, especially in the areas of product, price, place, and promotion, and the moral issues related to them. Students will consider how to move beyond standard business methods of making decisions to learning how to make ethical and moral marketing decisions through applying key ethical theories to the challenges faced by a marketer. Students will consider the following questions: How can a marketer identify ethical issues? How can a marketer apply ethical theories to a marketing decision? What should a marketer do when faced with a moral dilemma? By the end of this course, students will be able to make ethical and moral decisions related to marketing that align with the values of Loras College and the Catholic moral tradition.

Prerequisite: Catholic Traditions (CT)
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Values in Action-VX

Restrictions: First year students are not permitted