1)Why is it important for Marketers to focus less on social class and more on the underlying mechanism related to social class that might affect consumers and their behaviors? In your response, please provide some real-life examples.

Provide your explanations and definitions in detail and be precise. Comment on your findings. Provide references for content when necessary. Provide your work in detail and explain in your own words. Support your statements with peer-reviewed in-text citation(s) and reference(s).

2)Discussion Question 2 – Week/Course Learning Outcomes

Using your textbook, LIRN-based research, and the Internet, apply the learning outcomes for the week/course and lecture concepts to one of the following scenarios:

·As applied to your current professional career

·As applied to enhancing, improving, or advancing your current professional career

·As applied to a management, leadership, or any decision-making position

·As applied to a current or future entrepreneurial endeavor

OR

·Using your textbook, LIRN-based research, and the Internet, apply the learning outcomes for the week/course and lecture concepts to a business organization that exhibits and demonstrates these concepts. You should develop a summary of the organizations strategy and how they use these concepts to compete.

This is a learning and application exercise designed to give you an opportunity to apply concepts learned in a pragmatic and meaningful way that will enable you to gain valuable and relevant knowledge in an effort to augment your skill set and enhance your professional careers.

3)What can organizations do to protect themselves from hackers looking to steal account data? What would you do to continually monitor your information systems to ensure that data is secure? Typically, organizations may share information about their customers, a form of marketing and data- mining. Do you think this is an ethical practice? Please justify your answer.