Patrick Murphy to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Congratulations to the 2011/2012
Marketing & Society SIG

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner:

Patrick E. Murphy, University of Notre Dame

Please join us on Saturday from 5:00-6:00 to recognize Patrick E. Murphy as the 2010/2011 Marketing & Society SIG Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Pat is the fourth Lifetime Achievement Award Winner following Alan Andreasen, (Georgetown University), Bill Wilkie (University of Notre Dame), and Paul Bloom (Duke University).

Winners of this award have contributed a significant body of work in developing and advancing research in the Marketing & Society, Public Policy, and/or the Marketing Ethics areas. This award is given to individuals who exemplify outstanding work in this area.

Nominations for the 2012/2013 award should include a defense of why the potential recipient is deserving of this award, a copy of their vita, and references that support this nominee (minimum of 3). The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2012. Please submit nominations to: O.C. Ferrell, Bill Daniels Professor of Business Ethics, University of New Mexico, OCFerrell@mgt.unm.edu (electronic submissions are encouraged). A select committee of past recipients will determine the Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

What: Marketing & Society SIG Reception Honoring Patrick E. Murphy

Where: Marriott Marquis (please check printed program for location)

When: Saturday, 5:00-6:00

Please join us in honoring Pat’s many contributions to marketing.

Journal of Consumer Affairs CALL

Call for Papers for The Journal of Consumer Affairs

Special Issue on: Product Literacy

Special Issue Editors:

Steven W. Kopp and Anastasia E. Thyroff

Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas

Since the first efforts in consumer protection were undertaken over a century ago, consumer education has been a fundamental precept. In the early 20^th Century, not only did much of the population of the United States migrate to cities where people no longer consumed what they produced, but the products that they consumed also became more complicated. In the 21st century, the dilemmas of product complexity and consumer education have become even more significant. Beyond the obvious technological complexities of computers and cars that defy home repairs, consumers don't know the content of the food that they eat or the energy efficiencies of many of the appliances that they use. Thus, JCA, the oldest journal devoted to concerns of consumers in the marketplace, solicits papers that address whether, how and why consumers understand information related to various types of products. We seek contributions from multiple disciplines including communications, consumer education, economics, finance, law, public policy, psychology and marketing. Authors may submit empirical studies or rigorous conceptual/theoretically grounded work that contains implications for consumer welfare, with research questions and implications addressed from the consumers' point of view.

Topics that would be appropriate for this special issue include, but are not limited to:

· Food ingredient labels, both on grocery shelves and at restaurants

· Privacy disclosure statements and identity protection

· Product warranties for cars, or other products, both simple or complex

· Adequacy of current measures and/or proposed alternative measures of product literacy and their effectiveness

· Financial products for consumer savings, investments or retirement planning

· Product literacy problems of vulnerable or disadvantaged consumer groups

· Information provision through various media (e.g., comparable information provided via product labeling versus mainstream advertising versus online)

· Communication of environmental information (sustainability, recycling)

· The role of consumer education in products liability

· Potential product miseducation, such as popular-yet-false consumer beliefs, unavailable product information or corporate-influenced product ratings sources

· Product quality of dietary supplements, "alternative" medicines or other medications

· Consumer knowledge – sources, uses, and missing information (e.g. the use of price as a proxy for missing product information)

Submission Information

Manuscripts are due by April 1, 2011. Please follow the submission guidelines for The Journal of Consumer Affairs on the website at http://www.wiley.com/bw/submit.asp?ref=0022-0078&site=1 . Authors wishing to submit a manuscript should send one electronic file with the full title page and one copy cleaned of all information that identifies the authors to either of the special issue co-editors:

Steve Kopp, skopp@walton.uark.edu
Anastasia Thyroff, athyroff@walton.uark.edu

Seeking information

Mark J Brand, Assistant Professor in Marketing @ St. Ambrose University is looking for some information. First he is looking for some feedback from those of you who teach marketing and public policy courses ... texts, syllabus and that sort of thing. Second, he is also looking for research collaborators on marketing of foreign policy. If anyone can provide any help please email him at BrandMarkJ@sau.edu

2011 Marketing & Public Policy Conference

The Call for Papers has been extended to December 10, 2010. The conference will be held June 2-4, 2011 in Washington DC. Great city! Great conference!

For more information about the conference: http://waltoncollege.uark.edu/mppc/

Conference chairs: Elizabeth Howlette, John Kozup and Jeremy Kees

Calling all Doctoral Students ....

Marketing and Society Dissertation Proposal Competition

The Marketing & Society special interest group of AMA (MASSIG) was established to meet four objectives: (1) to foster scholarly research on societal (i.e., law, macro, ethics, public policy, etc.) issues, especially among doctoral students and faculty who have recently earned doctorates; (2) to facilitate dissemination of scholarly research findings; (3) to promote teaching of societal issues in marketing courses; and (4) to facilitate interaction about societal issues among academic, business and government sectors.

To stimulate research consistent with these objectives, MASSIG is sponsoring a dissertation proposal competition. We encourage submission of dissertation proposals addressing how marketing practice shapes and is shaped by societally important factors including (but not limited to) ecology, safety, health, consumer vulnerability, deregulation, privacy, and the legal and regulatory environments.

The competition is sponsored by the AMA Marketing and Society SIG and Oklahoma State University.

The winner will receive $500. Proposals are evaluated by a conventional blind review process. The grant can be used to cover expenditures directly associated with the dissertation research and travel to the Marketing & Public Policy Conference.

The process:

(1) Proposals are due by April 5, 2010

(2) Each proposal should consist of: (1) A cover sheet that includes all contact information for the student and the student’s advisor; (2) a synopsis of the proposal that includes a statement of purpose, conceptual underpinning (theory/literature), methodology, projected time table, and expected contribution to the marketing and society domain. The synopsis should be no more than five pages (double spaced, including figures, not including references). The synopsis should not include any information that identifies the person or the institution.

(3) Proposals should be sent to Josh Wiener (wiener@okstate.edu) or

Department of Marketing, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Ok, 74078

(4) Grant winners will be recognized at the spring 2010 Marketing and Public Policy Conference.

Subsistency Marketplace Conference Update

The Third Subsistence Marketplaces Conference:

From Impactful Research to Sustainable Innovations for Subsistence Marketplaces

http://www.business.illinois.edu/subsistence/events/conference2010.html

July 9-11, 2010

Chicago, Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois at Chicago

Description

Organized jointly by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois at Chicago, with the participation of Dominican University and DePaul University, the Third Subsistence Marketplace Conference will be held July 9-11, 2010 in Chicago at the University of Illinois-Chicago campus.

The conference will focus on impactful research and commercial and social innovations for subsistence marketplaces that are ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable. Subsistence marketplaces consist of consumers and entrepreneurs who live at or near subsistence levels, and are concentrated in developing countries and regions such as Brazil, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa. As businesses, governments, and nonprofit organizations seek to better understand and serve these communities, the Subsistence Marketplaces Conference is a leading forum for sharing research on and fostering practices in these communities.

Conference plans include plenary panels, participatory workshops, key note speeches by thought leaders, special sessions on specific topics, and presentations of papers. An emphasis will be on sharing ideas and knowledge between researchers, practitioners and students.

Of special interest, a preconference workshop is also planned on developing service and product innovations for subsistence marketplace buyers, where approaches will be presented on how to develop such innovations. The workshop will combine marketing, design, and engineering perspectives, considering issues such as literacy, poverty, social capital, and business infrastructure.

Details about registration, lodging, and accommodations are available on the conference website at http://www.business.illinois.edu/subsistence/events/conference2010.html.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Third Subsistence Marketplaces Conference:

From Impactful Research to Sustainable Innovations for Subsistence Marketplaces

http://www.business.illinois.edu/subsistence/events/conferences.html

July 9-11, 2010

Chicago, Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois at Chicago

Organized jointly by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois at Chicago, with the participation of Dominican University and DePaul University, the Third Subsistence Marketplace Conference will be held July 9-11, 2010 in Chicago at the University of Illinois-Chicago campus.

The conference will focus on impactful research and commercial and social innovations for subsistence marketplaces that are ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable. Subsistence marketplaces consist of consumers and entrepreneurs who live at or near subsistence levels, and are concentrated in developing countries and regions such as Brazil, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa. As businesses, governments, and nonprofit organizations seek to better understand and serve these communities, the Subsistence Marketplaces Conference is a leading forum for sharing research on and fostering practices in these communities.

The conference will include plenary panels, participatory workshops, key note speeches by thought leaders, special sessions on specific topics, and presentations of papers submitted in response to this call. An emphasis will be on sharing ideas and knowledge between researchers, practitioners and students.

Of special interest will be a preconference workshop on developing service and product innovations for subsistence marketplace buyers, where approaches will be presented on how to develop such innovations. The workshop will combine marketing, design, and engineering perspectives, considering issues such as literacy, poverty, social capital, and business infrastructure.

Three page abstract due February 1 2010.