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Organizational and Ethical Issues. Chapter 4. Organizations and Marketing Research. Mission Statements Stages Intuitive decision-making Stage of development Stage of sophistication. MKT Research and Organizational Framework. Staff Function Small firm Large firm.
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Organizational and Ethical Issues Chapter 4
Organizations and Marketing Research • Mission Statements • Stages • Intuitive decision-making • Stage of development • Stage of sophistication
MKT Research and Organizational Framework • Staff Function • Small firm • Large firm
MKT Research and Organizational Framework • Medium firm • Director of Marketing Research • Research analyst • Research assistant • Decision Support Systems Function • Manager of Decision Support Systems • Forecast analyst • Marketing Research Function • Customer Quality Research • Managers of Customer Quality Research
MKT Research and Organizational Framework • Cross-functional teams • What are they? • Advantages
Research Suppliers & Contractors • Research supplier • Syndicated service • Standardized research services • Custom research
Ethics • What are ethics? • What influences them?
Respondent • Obligation to be honest • Privacy v. Confidentiality • What about elderly people? • Deception • Right to be informed
Researcher • Code of Ethics • Research is not Sales • Objectivity • Misrepresentation of research • Protect confidentiality of all parties • Dissemination of faulty conclusions
Client Sponsor • Ethical behavior in transaction • Open relationship w/ supplier • Open relationship w/ interested parties • Advocacy research • Privacy • Commitment to Research • Pseudo-Pilot Studies