PHIL 350 002 Case Study
Due: Wednesday, December 6
@ 11:59 pm
Read the report
“
How The Marketing of Formula Milk Influences Our Decisions On Infant
Feeding
” by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF)
and answer the questions below. Word counts are approximate and intended to guide the length
of your responses. Your submission should be approximately 3 pages, single spaced, 12-point
font. Proper spelling, grammar, and sentence structure are required. Consultation of sources
outside of the course material is not required nor recommended. Any time you use ideas that are
not your own you must cite your work and provide full reference information for the source. This
includes course materials. Citation and reference style are up to you but must include the page
number when available. Submit your assignment in a Word document with your name and
student number in both the document and the file name by the deadline. The assignment drop
box has a Turnitin plugin (a plagiarism and AI writing detection program) and all submissions
will be scanned via this program when you upload your assignment. The assignment is worth 60
marks and 30% of your final grade.
Question 1:
Identify the main stakeholders in the case and describe the relevant interests and
details for each. (500 words/20 marks)
Question 2:
Can the marketing techniques used by the formula milk industry be defended as a
matter of “dirty hands”? Make a case arguing for and against this claim.
(500 words/20 marks)
Question 3:
Which side do you agree with and why? Use the core ethical values on page 100 in
the textbook to assist you in your argument. (500 words/20 marks)
