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Unlike some professions, there is no ethical code for marketing professionals. But that does not mean that marketers can ignore the impact their powerful message has on others. In recent years, marketers have been criticized for making unhealthy pastimes attractive (such as eating fast food and smoking cigarettes) as well as marketing to vulnerable populations such as adolescents and children who cannot distinguish advertising from information. On one hand, in a free society, marketers have relatively free rein in terms of what they can transmit, so long as they do not outright lie. On the other hand, there have been calls to regulate advertising and marketing because of fears of its negative social impact. Companies that have violated ethical guidelines have been faced with legal sanctions and boycotts. “Nutella, a sugary hazelnut spread that was pitched as part of a nutritious breakfast for children—the company was sued, ultimately reimbursing up to $20 to anyone who bought Nutella products for this reason” (De Mers 1).
Marketers thus must tread a delicate balance between respecting the needs of the brand and not being dishonest. They are in particularly difficult ethical circumstances when selling a product which has known, negative effects. Of course,...
While savvy consumers may feel that they have the necessary cognitive tools to filter out advertising puffery and exaggeration, they may overestimate their ability to do so and many advertisements have a subliminal effect upon a viewer.
Furthermore, in today’s age of Internet marketing, quite often an advertisement will appear to be a piece of objective or informative content, such as a review by a blogger of a product she seems to like, even though the blogger is being sponsored by the maker of the item. Unlike a traditional advertisement, this approach, and other guerrilla social media use of marketing, gives the appearance of not being marketing at all but spontaneous content generated by a user. Online, it can be very difficult to know if reviewers are honest and while people may be more suspicious of traditional advertising in modernity, social media promoted posts and compensated spokespersons who use their own accounts to talk about products may be difficult for even the most astute observer to recognize.
A different form of unethical marketing is one which deliberately stirs up negative feelings…
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It remains important, however, that the company does not violate any of the prevailing laws with respect to marketing. Laws concerning false advertising and intellectual property (especially trademark) violations must be paid due attention when developing the marketing strategy. At present, BCC seems to be well clear of any laws on these subjects, but they are worth acquiring knowledge of nevertheless. Conclusion Bathurst Carbon Cutters cannot reject the idea of marketing
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