Ethics in Advtg
Ethics in Advtg
Ethics in Advtg
Meaning
The word "ethics”
In Latin is called “ethic us”
In Greek is called “ethikos”
Has come from the word ethos meaning characters
or manners
“Ethics are moral principles and values
that govern the actions and decisions of an
individual or group”
ADVERTISING ETHICS
• It is an applied philosophical analysis of the nature of
advertising in general and of specific ethical issues that arise
in advertising.
• Advertising ethics is part of basic ethics in action series.
• Includes case studies and refers to current professional codes
and practices in the advertising industry and contemporary
ethical theory.
• A marketing or promotion action may be legal but not
considered ethical
• Marketers must make decisions regarding the
appropriateness of their actions
Advertising Strategies
• Celebrity endorsements
• Product comparison
• price comparison
• Selling a dream or lifestyle
• Selling with sex
• Selling sentiment
Factors to design copy document
• Focus on a particularly persuasive benefits
• Create a need &then show how product fulfills it
• Focus on product unique selling point
• Associate the product with a connected idea of feeling or emotion
• Prove how popular the product is
• Use a case study
• Put the product to the test
• Guarantee the product
• Announce how much and where to buy
• State the offer
FEATURES OF ADVERTISING ETHICS
• Should stress importance on values, & morale
• Honesty in advtg succeeds in the deliveries
• Advtg wrong claims
• Be true in fulfilling the norms of the statutory authorities in
your product and advtg approvals.
• Truth in advertising
• Advertising to children
• Advertising controversial products
• A systematic and structured analysis of advertising.
• Comprehensive coverage of the ethics of advertising
• Identifying and evaluation ethical problems in advertising.
FRAMEWORK OF ADVERTISING ETHICS
• Stakeholder-oriented framework
-consumers,competators,society
• Process-oriented framework
-research,price,promotion,placement
PURPOSE
• To protect consumers from economic or
physical harm
• Introduction of something new ,or of some
valuable improvement to an existing service
or product
BENEFITS OF ADVTG ETHICS
• Communication
• To raise the standard of living
• To make market competitive
• Product differentiation
• Tobacco and alcohol are public health
hazards.
• Tobacco has adverse effects on social,
economic, health and environmental factors.
• Alcohol too has adverse medical,
psychological, social and economic impacts.
• Direct advertising of tobacco products was
rampant before the enforcement of tobacco
control legislation in India.
• But now all direct advertising of tobacco
products in all media has been prohibited with
the enforcement of National Legislation.
• In India the Alcohol industry is following
exactly the same marketing and promotion
tactics and strategies as are employed by the
Tobacco Industry globally and especially in
developing countries.
• Sponsorship of sports events and cultural events.
Examples:
1: ‘Wills’ (brand of Indian Tobacco Company - ITC,
a subsidiary of British American Tobacco)
used to sponsor Indian cricket team/matches.