In this video, explore a brief marketing ethics case study on AI and discover the proper approach to ethical decision-making in marketing.
- Recently, a health care app, … The Doc Is In, launched in the U.S … after being widely used by consumers in China. … Physicians in different states began offering the app … to patients who could quickly access a chat bot … designed to gather information and records. … The chat bot let patients know … if they needed a visit to the doctor … and it helped the doctor explain treatment options. … However, some of the older patients using the app … didn't understand they were speaking to a chat bot … and not directly to a health care professional. … They didn't know the chat bot wasn't human. … When the news of the chat bot became widely known, … many of the patients were upset. … The communication on the website wasn't clear … that AI was being used to help physicians … make medical assessments. … Unfortunately, patient trust was broken. … And doctors lost patients who had been … with their practices for a long time. … What should the physicians have done … or communicated from the start about the use of the AI app? …
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3/8/2019- Examine the connection between leadership accountability and ethical practices.
- List three unethical behaviors that have a negative impact on marketing.
- Explain why marketing ethics training should not be a stand-alone program.
- Recognize the negative impact of using the word “testing” when assessing the effectiveness of an ethics training program.
- Review the importance of being open and transparent with clients.
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