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    Advertisements are everywhere and are prominent throughout our daily lives, and they affect our thinking in several ways without us even knowing. Advertisements and the act of advertising, whether it be a cleaning product, a dog leash, a new invention, a service, etc., employ rhetorical devices and strategies in order to effectively win-over the customer, making them interested in their product. The strategies that advertisements use are pretty shady and sneaky, and, although may seem illegal, are

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    Ethics in Marketing: False Advertising History of Advertising and the Rise of Ethical Implications For decades, advertisements have been telling us not only what to buy, but also what we shouldn’t be able to live without. The history of advertising can be traced back as far as the Roman Empire, where posters advertising the gladiatorial games would be hung around for all to see. Modern advertising dates back to about 1583 when the first daily newspaper was printed in England under the reign

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    Advertising to Children

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    Advertising to children has existed for a long time; however what has changed is the amount of advertising and the media through which it comes. Today’s commercials are more sophisticated and pervasive, it is not that the products are good or bad, it is the notion of manipulating children to buy the product. Children are not little adults and their minds are not fully developed, still marketers are playing to their developmental vulnerability. The advertising that children are exposed to today is

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    recognize that advertising is striking them more than they believe. Eating disorders and self-esteem problems are an unexpected result of advertising, to solve the problems, companies could use models with regular body shape, create a specific agency that controls the content of the commercials or the better solution is to create advertise showing the tremendous process in which models are suppressed. Advertising is the action of let people know about a specific product or idea. Advertising is nothing

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    SS. Where a reasonable person can understand product packaging and advertisement, the Court should dismiss false advertising complaints against it. See Freeman v. Time, Inc., 68 F.3d 285, 290 (9th Cir. 1995). The facts in this case do not reveal any breach of law. Therefore, the Court should grant Prairie Foods’ motion to dismiss because the claim that the packaging for “Complete Blueberry Pomegranate” cereal is “misleading” is unfounded. California Business and Professional Code § 17500. RS. Unless

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    Advertising and its Affects on Children Advertising, for years, has been under criticism for the unethical messages they send out to, not only the public, but specifically young children. The effect of advertising on children’s minds is, and should be, a main concern for our country. According to Television Watching Statistics, kids in the U.S. watch an estimated 16,000 television commercials a year. Much deception can be cognitively consumed from that amount of advertising. Intense marketing affects

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    Good Advertising or Not? David A. Gatti BUSI 612-Integrated Faith & Learning Report Liberty University November 10, 2015 Abstract This paper will discuss a Bible verse(s) that would guide a marketer as they developed advertisements that would be considered within the boundaries of “good advertising.” Keywords: good advertising, advertising ethics, corporate social responsibility Good Advertising or Not? Advertisements Advertisements are an important vehicle designed

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    Limitations of Advertising Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma July 21, 2010 Limitations of Advertising: Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma Marketing practices in the contemporary western society have been a hotbed of ethical debate for a long time. The ethical analysis required for this case revolves around the issue of marketing, and more specifically relates to advertising. The overall ethical dilemma is whether or not I should, in the role of a senior marketing manager of a soft drink

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    Misleading Advertisement

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    famous phone company Optus. For a company as successful as Metricon Queensland, an $850 000 fine wouldn’t leave a dent on the company, due to the fact that each of the advertised houses were valued at $307 483 (Metricon QLD Nailed for Misleading and Deceptive Conduct, 2012). Compared to a $3.6 million fine which would be a wake up call for Optus, however the punishment is still less than 1% of the overall annual profit for the successful phone company (Battersby, 2012). Both of these successful organisations

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    Television, magazines, phones, and Internet all contribute to the global epidemic of false advertising. Millions of Americans have a television or the most current news in there home, which contributes to society always wanting to be someone their not. On the contrary it is a great way to spread important news but consequently ads are showing the reality of how to promote stereotypes or have products we don’t need. As a consumer we get bombarded with ads for different services or products that just

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