When economic conditions are depressed, producers want to move goods to market using longer channels

According to the Wall Street Journal, St. Louis residents were upset when Belgian brewer InBev acquired brewer Anheuser-Busch, which was based in St. Louis. On July 17, 2011, Businessweek reported that InBev slashed $2 billion in costs from the company's budget, laying off over 1,000 people. Before the acquisition, Anheuser-Busch treated the community and employees like a kind-hearted, protective father toward employees. With InBev in charge, the company was hard-driving. In fact, employees joined the company knowing InBev had "created scores of millionaires because of its stock." In taking control of Anheuser-Busch, InBev officials:

a. Abandoned an approach to doing business rooted in Objectivism and adopted an approach rooted in the Ethic of Care. b. Abandoned an approach to doing business focused exclusively on primary stakeholders and adopted one that takes into account the interests of secondary stakeholders as well. c. Abandoned a culture focused on sustainability in favor of an expansive view of corporate social responsibility. d. Abandoned the company's stakeholder orientation to doing business in favor of a shareholder orientation. e. Abandoned an approach to doing business focused exclusively on the interests of the company's home country in favor of an approach focused on the interests of the broader global community.

Marketers need to understand ________ in order to influence consumer behaviors

A) the employee relations function B) share valuation C) sporadic publicity D) total quality management E) the consumer decision-making process