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Marketing, Society and Sustainability (MKTG90049)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Ms Annabel O'Neill annabel.oneill@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject explores the role of marketing and consumption in a world facing significant social and environmental challenges. What is the role of marketing and marketers in climate change, digital privacy, or the obesity crisis? Does marketing actually improve consumers’ wellbeing? Many ‘ethical’ consumers now integrate their concern for society and the environment into their purchasing decisions. And many ‘ethical’ brands now promote their social and/or environmental credentials. So, can we market and consume our way out of these crises? This subject will address the criticisms of marketing’s role in sustainability issues, and then equip students with the strategic and ethical direction to respond proactively to the opportunities these challenges provide.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this marketing subject, students should be able to:
- Appreciate the variety of social, political and economic forces affecting marketing organisations at the global and local level
- Identify and analyse current public issues in the interplay between marketing and society, such as advertising to children, junk food, materialism and climate change
- Critically evaluate the debates around the ethical, social and sustainability responsibilities of marketers
- Identify the different sustainability frameworks for engaging in those debates; and understand how marketers can respond to calls for ethical, social and sustainability responsibility
- Apply the above learning to real world cases and situations
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- Critical thinking about societal and sustainability issues in marketing settings
- Oral and written communication
- Problem solving and collaborative learning
- Synthesis of data and other information
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Generic understanding of climate science and other ethical, social and environmental issues related to business and marketing
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Class participation
| Throughout the teaching period | 5% |
Individual Essay
| From Week 4 to Week 5 | 15% |
Group project: written report (groups of 3-4)
| From Week 9 to Week 12 | 20% |
Group project: oral presentation (groups of 3-4)
| From Week 9 to Week 12 | 10% |
End of semester exam
| End of the teaching period | 50% |
Additional details
Important online examination information: This examination is the equivalent of a 2-hour assessment; however, students are provided with 3-hours to accommodate the time that will be required for typesetting of mathematical expressions and/or the uploading of documents.
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Annabel O'Neill Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours (1.5hr lecture plus 1.5hr workshop each week) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Ms Annabel O'Neill annabel.oneill@unimelb.edu.au
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Digital Marketing Course Master of Management (Marketing)
Last updated: 9 April 2024