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Ivanova N.E., Usachev V.A.
Donetsk national university of economy and trade of a
name of Michael Tugan-Baranovsky, Ukraine
SOCIALLY-RESPONSIBLE MARKETING
The concept of socially responsible
marketing proclaims a problem of the organization an establishment of needs,
requirements and interests of the target markets and satisfaction of users more
effective, than at competitors, ways at preservation or well-being increase as
consumers, and societies as a whole. The concept of socially responsible
marketing demands the account in practice of marketing of social and ethical
questions. Experts in marketing as conjurers, are compelled to establish
balance of the inconsistent indicators defining incomes of the company,
satisfaction of requirements of consumers and public interests. To some
companies which are guided by the concept of socially responsible marketing, it
was possible to reach considerable sales volumes of production and high
profitability. Pioneers of socially responsible marketing - companies Ben both
Jerry's and The Body Shop. Orientation on social marketing - one of versions of
socially responsible marketing became one of the major factors of success of
these companies. Distribution of the given practice is connected with the
several reasons: care of image of the company, aspiration to exclude
possibility of negative publications, desire to humour consumers, necessity of
representation to the market of new product samples, expansions of a circle of
buyers and sales volume increase. Critics social marketing reproach its
adherents with impudent operation of the best feelings of public and illusion
creation that consumers carry out the public duties by acquisition of the
concrete goods, instead of direct donations. Social marketing - is studying and
formation of requirements of buyers and satisfaction their more effective
methods, than competitors, under condition of increase of well-being of all
members of a society. Thus well-being is understood as set of the material,
spiritual, social blessings which the subject of well-being owns and which uses
for satisfaction of the requirements. Social marketing represents, thus, the
mechanism of the coordination of requirements and interests of consumers,
requirements and interests of the enterprise and requirements and interest of a
society. The term «social marketing» has been used for the first time â1971 It designated attempt of application of
principles of marketing and its technics for assistance to the decision of
social problems, realizations of social ideas, and also in the course of social
actions. Then in a field of activity of the organizations the decision of
various public problems even more often began to be intertwined. As F.Kotler
marks, «the concept of social marketing has received subsequently wider
application. It, for example, is used rather «socially-responsible marketing»
business firms or concerning any marketing activity of the noncommercial
organizations ». Here Kotler besides concepts« social "and"
socially-ethic marketing »uses for the first time concept« socially-responsible
marketing ». F.Kotler has given one of the first definitions of social
marketing. In it the scientist places emphasis on a principle of consumer
orientation as tries to understand why certain groups of people have determined
relation to something and what problems will arise in connection with change of
this relation. After F.Kotler V.E.Gordin treats social marketing as marketing
of ideas. But when the researcher gives reason for requirement for such
marketing is beyond a narrow orientation on target group as as its
characteristics names the following:
1.Regulation by a
society of social changes by methods of belief, any stimulation that
corresponds to marketing toolkit.
2.Strengthening of
a role of non-profitable sector in the decision of the majority of social
problems.
3.Penetration of
market relations into all spheres of life of a society. At advancement of
social ideas as means of payment money, and other instruments of payment — for
example, credit of trust to church as to the social institute, capable to
strengthen sphere of family relations and as a whole a society morale act not.
At V.E.Gordina speech basically goes about marketing of ideas which, in its
opinion, approaches to public social interactions as to the modernized system
of market relations: as the seller of social values, ideas the society in the
name of the institutes, and buyers — members of a society acts. Nevertheless it
is noticed that as the manufacturer of social ideas the commercial
organizations even more often act. The concept of social marketing is
characteristic for the present stage when the world gradually passes to a new
paradigm of social and economic development. Whereas the former paradigm was
characterized by not optimum use of the basic resources: according to it human
resources will be underused, natural — are maintained excessively. Enrichment
of the social maintenance of management, the modern requirement of higher level
of adaptedness of manufacture to the social changes, fuller satisfaction of
needs and inquiries leads to change of a paradigm of management. Thus there is
an enrichment of the social maintenance of planning of manufacture. It allows
to consider social marketing as specific function of social management and as a
special kind of planned activity, the original planned tool of regulation of
market economy.