Marketing ethics includes consumer protection, pricing, and advertising. Using your favorite web browser, research a company that practices direct marketing.
For this assignment, you will address the following points and questions:
- Briefly describe the company and the types of products it markets.
- Explain direct (or targeted) marketing and how this company uses the strategy for advertising their products.
- Explain two types of unethical pricing practices and support such practices with examples. Is the company you researched guilty of unethical pricing? Offer an example of this company’s pricing to validate your assessment.
- Determine how the company contributes to knowledge regarding targeted marketing ethics. How does it inform or illustrate concepts you have learned in this unit?
Your report must be at least four pages, but no more than four double-spaced pages, not counting the title and reference pages. You are required to use at least three outside sources to support your review. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations, introduction, and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.