Part I. Introduction -- Part II. Societal aspects of marketing and consumption -- Part III. Catholic social thought issues in marketing -- Part IV. Sustainability issues in marketing -- Part V. Public policy issues in marketing -- Part VI. Ethical issues in marketing -- Part VII. Conclusion.

Purpose: This paper aims to introduce the implicit firm theory, distinguishing between the belief that firms can (incremental firm theory) or cannot (entity firm theory) readily change in response to marketplace demands. It is proposed and shown, that firm theory beliefs influence...