MCB-50306 Capita Selecta Environmental Marketing

Course

Credits 6.00

Teaching methodContact hours
Lectures12
Problem-based learning24
Course coordinator(s)dr. YK van Dam
Lecturer(s)dr. YK van Dam
Examiner(s)dr. YK van Dam

Language of instruction:

English

Expected knowledge on:

Voortzetting bedrijf & markt, consumentengedrag

Contents:

The global environmental deterioration may at least partially be attributed to the externalisation of environmental costs by the traditional marketing system. Rather than assuming that this is due to market inefficiencies, this course will focus on market defieciences. Evidences of these flaws in the marketing system and possible solutions will be traced in issues like Fair Trade, Consumer Boycotts, Corporate Ehtics, Sustainable Development.

Aims:

Getting acquaited with opposing views of the interactions between marketing organisations, consumers and the macro environment.

Activities:

Critical assessment of marketing and consumer behaviour theory. Discussion of papers from leading and countercurrent journals.

Examination:

Positioning paper to be handed in two weeks after course ends.

Literature:

Reader with selected papers.