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This nine-page business ethics paper discusses ethics in advertising, examines the issues involved, and includes a summary of the facts. The author analyzes a list of the potential solutions, provides a pro and con evaluation summary for each potential solution, and selects the best solution. He then provides analysis and justification for his reasoning, while stating ethical and philosophies and identifying obstacles likely to be encountered in implementing the solution.

Tags:BUSINESS / MARKETING AND ADVERTISING, ethics false advertisement

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This paper examines an advert in the June 2007 edition of "Men's Health". It is an advert for the new Bowflex Xtreme SE Home Gym, which is an exercise machine (a copy of the advert is included in the paper). It discusses how the advert is misleading and does not include basic information such as the price of the product and where it is manufactured. It also discusses its use of visual imagery and how unrealistic it is.

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"The product is an exercise machines. It is "built to provide fast and easy total body results right in our own home" and apparently "performs over 65 gym-quality exercises - as many as an entire health club filled with machines." The sell is that the machine will do all this for $20 per month, which is "less than half the monthly dues of a typical gym membership." Unfortunately, this implies that the machine will do all of the exercises all on its own - which is clearly not the case. What the advert should say is that the machine gives its owner the necessary equipment to do all of the exercise that would be possible in a health club. However, the point is that the effort and the will power to do the exercises remains the responsibility of the human being, not the machine. "

Tags:visual, imagery

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"Has this ever happened to you? You see something advertised on television that looks great! You call the toll free number, give them your credit card, and in a few days the dream item to thought was such a bargain arrives. And you can't believe your eyes! What you received was nothing like what you thought you ordered. Welcome to the club. You've just joined thousands of people who are misled by false advertising each and every year, according to statistics from the Advertising Council, a U.S.-based watchdog organization that strives to keep honesty in advertising. Do those two concepts -- honesty and advertising -- go together?"

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In this article, the writer discusses that advertising is one of the elements in society people love to complain about, first because it is so pervasive and intrusive, and second because of the suspicion that it is false. The writer points out that there are laws about false advertising, and there are industry standards showing that advertisers themselves recognize the need for truth and for maintaining a reputation for honesty as a beneficial business practice, if for no other reason.

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"The concept of Truth in Advertising is used by both critics and advertisers themselves to identify the ethical standard for judging advertising messages, though such truth is more and more tested by new advertising media. Advertising ..."

Tags:truth, advertising, ethics

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During the past six decades, television advertising has changed considerably. Today, there are television commercials for a myriad of products, including drugs for virtually every health complaint, from headaches to erectile dysfunction. This paper shows that over the years, some television commercials have created concerns and stirred controversy. The paper looks at false advertising, commercials directed at children and teens, sex and medical advertisements.

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"In 2005,it was reported that automakers are now developing marketing strategies to reach gay consumers, a large, often affluent and trend-setting demographic (LaReau 2005). According to General Motors market research data, gay Americans each have an average household income of nearly $65,000, compared to $45,000 of all U.S. households (LaReau 2005). In fact, during the past decade, gay television commercials have been popping up more and more on the airwaves (Is 2000). For example the Volkswagen ad that portrayed two trendy young males stopping curbside to pick up a discarded "kitschy old armchair," or the John Hancock Insurance commercial that featured a female couple adopting a baby (Is 2000)."

Tags:culture, broadcast, media, APA, viagra

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Is the study of logic relevant to advertising? Is advertising, which is purely emotional, ever required to be also logical? Logical fallacies are highly suggestive and persuasive. Every day consumers are bombarded with one persuasive communication after another.
These appeals persuade not through the give-and-take of argument and debate, but through the manipulation of symbols and of our most basic human emotions. With the growth of communication tools like the Internet, the flow of persuasive messages has been dramatically accelerated.

From the Paper
"LOGICAL FALLACIES AS EXPRESSED IN ADVERTISING

Introduction
Is the study of logic relevant to advertising? Is advertising, which is purely emotional, ever required to be also logical? Logical fallacies are highly suggestive and persuasive. Every day consumers are bombarded with one persuasive communication after another.
These appeals persuade not through the give-and-take of argument and debate, but through the manipulation of symbols and of our most basic human emotions. With the growth of communication tools like the Internet, the flow of persuasive messages has been dramatically accelerated.

In this paper, 10 different examples of logical fallacies ..."

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This ten-page senior level paper discusses some important questions connected with ethical issue of false advertising. We understand that it is important to follow some ethical and moral rules in business practices too but lying to the public has become a norm as deceptive advertising prevails freely in the society. The paper addresses this issue in the light of some religious views and moral theories.

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In this paper, the writer discusses the importance of having harsh limitations on cigarette advertising. The writer maintains that whether in regards to billboards, television spots, back-page magazine hits, or even sponsorships in the arts and sports, big-tobacco has a well-documented history of creating messaging beyond simply offensive. The writer argues that as a result of decades of false, misleading, and socially irresponsible advertising, cigarette manufacturers must have severe limitations on their ability to advertise what is clearly a harmful product.

Tags:banning, cigarette, advertising

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This paper looks at the way advertisers take advantage of consumers by creating false needs in their market and feeding on those needs. The paper includes an analysis of television and magazine ads, subliminal advertising and advertising ethics.

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"Advertising is defined as the action of attracting the public's attention to a product or business. The methods that have developed over the years to attract consumers' attention have been very sophisticated and, in some cases, unethical. As potential buyers of goods and services, we Americans are constantly bombarded with advertising gimmicks in all print and broadcast mediums to the point where we have become jaded to the sales pitches that surround us. It can be argued that the attempts of retailers and businesses to get our attention and convince us to buy their goods and services are not, in themselves, unethical or dangerous; the unfavorable aspects of advertising result when the advertisers use questionable techniques to influence consumers. "

Tags:ethics, subliminal, magazines, products, capitalism

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"Everyone knows that television advertising is designed to persuade the viewer to buy a given product. We are also all aware that television ads are, therefore, not likely to tell us the whole truth about the product in question. What many of us may not be aware of, however, are the increasingly sophisticated techniques with which advertisers now manipulate the television audience, and the extent to which advertisers are allowed to present misleading or unfounded product information. Deception by television advertisers and their manipulation of viewers' fears, desires, and even values are the topics which will be examined in depth in this paper.
In this age of deregulation, when broadcasters are free to bombard the audience with as many commercials as it will tolerate ("Caveat" 48), it is not surprising that advertisers can get away (...)"