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MKT30150

Academic Year 2024/2025

Responsible Marketing (MKT30150)

Subject:
Marketing
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Andy Prothero
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This modules considers the nature of the relationship between marketing and society. Responsible Marketing combines theoretical reflection and practical discussion on key ethical issues relating to marketing’s role and relationship with society. It will build on the core ethical issues debated and discussed in the Business in Society module (Year 1), and develop these to explore the ethical dimensions of marketing. Specifically, the module will explore contemporary ethical issues within marketing, including - the role and responsibility of marketing in society; ethical consumption - voluntary simplicity, boycotts, buycotts, and activism; sustainable marketing; responsible marketing communications; the responsible marketing mix; gender and marketing; social marketing. The module will frame student assessment and evoke student engagement through debate, critical analysis and written and verbal expression.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completing this module students will be able to:
• Describe and assess the key trends that impact on the contemporary relationship between marketing and society;
• Understand and apply various theoretical approaches to morality, ethics and the law within a marketing context;
• Explore a range of topical ethical issues and analyse the role of marketing within these topics;
• Display critical thinking skills in written and oral presentations, and construct an argument based on a wide reading of the academic literature;
• Work in a collaborative team process to produce high-quality work.

Indicative Module Content:

Key Topics:

* Ethics/Business Ethics/Marketing Ethics
* Ethical Reasoning and Marketing Decisions
* Ethical Consumption, The Consumer Society, The Vulnerable Consumer
* Marketing in Action: Ethics and the Marketing Mix
* Ethics in New Media
* Social Marketing
* Gender and Race in Marketing
* Sustainable Marketing

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

35

Autonomous Student Learning

30

Lectures

24

Small Group

30

Total

119


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module is a blended learning course. It combines a mixture of lectures, case-studies, class debates and student interaction.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

MKT20020 Marketing: Firms, Customers and Society or similar introductory marketing module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy Invalid Option
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Group Work Assignment: A group project - details provided in week 1, final group allocation in week 2. Week 8 Graded Yes
40
Yes
Assignment(Including Essay): Individual assignment - details provided in Week 1. Week 12 Graded Yes
60
Yes

Carry forward of passed components Invalid Option
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Tues 12:00 - 13:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 2 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Tues 15:00 - 16:50