Module BUSI3201: Social Marketing, Ethics and Sustainability

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI3201: Social Marketing, Ethics and Sustainability

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• The module aims to enable students to consider the scope of commercial marketing techniques for social change campaigns and specifically it aims to:
• Determine what is the nature of exchange in social marketing
• Examine various marketing theories and how these can be applied to social marketing
• Identify how well current models derived from the private sector address the salient issues of social marketing
• Consider how social marketing might be used to promote ethical and sustainable practice that bring social benefits
• Determine to what extent social causes can be more successfully advanced through applying the principles of marketing analysis, planning and controls to problems of social change.

Content

• History and development of social marketing
• Definition and domain of social marketing
• Ethics in social marketing
• Analysing the social marketing environment
• Upstream social marketing
• Social marketing and behaviour modification
• The social marketing mix
• Social marketing communications
• Implementation and monitoring of social marketing campaigns
• Application of marketing to social behaviours (environmental and sustainability marketing, tobacco regulation, smoking cessation programmes, campaigns designed to promote moderation in alcohol consumption and the use of fear appeals, use of marketing to promote other social behaviours, such as donation behaviour, piracy, etc).

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate a detailed understanding of how social marketing theory has evolved, differences between social marketing theories, and limitations affecting these theories
• Demonstrate a detailed understanding of marketing's role in contemporary social debates
• Understand the process of adapting commercial marketing tools and techniques into social marketing environments.

• Discuss and criticise the arguments about the moral responsibilities of contemporary organisations for managing social and environmental impacts
• Explore the composition of social marketing campaigns; examine how these campaigns operate for individual, community and general public benefit without directly benefiting the organisation
• Apply skills in critical analysis that enables them to evaluate social marketing theory and practice
• Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which insights from social marketing may contribute to social policy.

• Time management
• Interpersonal and teamworking skills
• Oral presentation skills
• Critical thinking and analysis
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing on specialised subject areas.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The module will be taught in a combination of a weekly (2 hour) TEAL workshop and 1 hour per week of asynchronous online learning activities. Asynchronous online learning activities will cover the core concepts which students can work through at their own pace. TEAL workshops will comprise a balanced mix of group work, case studies and discussions. This flipped classroom approach encourages greater levels of interaction and collaboration, thus facilitating a deeper understanding of the module content and enabling the learning outcomes to be met.
• Summative assessment is by means of one written individual report and one group presentation.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Workshop exercises to prepare students for the summative components. The exercises tackle each element of the Social Marketing plan, and allow students to understand the theoretical concepts and apply them to realistic scenarios.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University