Is advertising an immoral activity and should it be discouraged?
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it serves a purpose in that it exposes goods and services to the marketplace and gives consumers a chance to evaluate and determine its usefulness
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Right Wingers are not righteous, they are Pecksniffian. "Michael A. Fischer" http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/\n\nLeft Wingers are not immoral, they have a moral obligation to point out the religiosity of the Fiscal Conservatives. \n\nYou in the middle, should stay a silent majority, and keep buying the commercials products, but for the sake of your country, get out and VOTE!
954777
Have a look at some of the articles on advertising at http://www.hammocksurvivalguide.com/\nYou might find some really useful info.
684446
This happens a lot in America too, and I suspect in most countries. The advertisers want to appeal to our sense of patriotism or make us feel an identity with their product. It's not illegal, but it sometimes does feel immoral.
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True... did you ever notice that most of ads depict the men/fathers as ignorant boobs saved by their intelligent all-knowing wife?\n\nSo Sweetness, its okay to have sexism in advertising provided is against white males because after all it was the other way around for so long.  Did you ever learn that two wrongs do not make a right?  \n\nIn actuality, the sexism against males and females in advertising and usually depends on the target audience of the product/service.   If the target is a female, then the male is often portrayed in a negative light (although usually in a humorous way.)  If the target is a male, then the commercial often reverses it so that the female is the target of sexism. \n\nDo you think either practice are less wrong?
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advertising is against the rules!!!!
1124595
most of these Ad's are fake.\nalot of press has identified the proposal to \nbe false, and not Legal.\n we recommend to Not get involved with any of\nit
219706
Intent has an impact on the morality of an action.  Clearly stealing to commit adultery (whatever that might mean) is well within the "immoral" category since that's committing one immoral act to further a second immoral act.\n\nHowever, stealing to help the poor still isn't clearly in the "moral" category in my opinion.  That is far more dependent on any special circumstances.  The classic "Robin Hood" scenario seems immoral to me.  It's not Robin Hood's right to say where peoples' money should be spent, other than his own.
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I think the appeals advertisers use are similar - fear, sex, power, etc.\nThe goal is typically the same: either brand building/recognition or to generate interest in a product; to provide a "hook" that gets people curious to know more (e.g. recognize it at a retail location, or click through to a website).
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It's not normally legal to advertise sexual services.\n\nThe use of sexual imagery in advertising considered "a sure thing" in the advertising industry.  It prevents overpaid ad execs having to think too much.
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reported for advertising
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Advertising is only as powerful as we let it be. Unfortunately, most people buy (literally) into the idea that what we see advertised will make us more important, sexy, strong, etc. \n\nSad truth is that people forget that the selling of the sizzle does not guarantee a great steak. You can put a pig in a tuxedo, but in the long run you still just have a pig.
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Please ignore the first answer. It is a blatant ad from someone whose standards of ethics allow him to continue to post ads here in violation of the guidelines.
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Is this some form of cheap advertising?
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Advertising is more about the brand, promotion is about a specific product.
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I'm not sure that your marketing instructor will appreciate this, but even though your environment (customers, suppliers, investors, community...) will punish you if it thinks that you are unethical, choosing to be ethical still incurs an opportunity cost.  Think like this, you are Nike and you have six low cost suppliers for sneakers, just like Reebok.  If you know that the two cheapest ones employs children and choose to use neither, you are constricting your options to compete.  Not all questionable actions are found out.\n  This is why I detest linking ethics to profitability.  It's so hollow to follow the "Right path" because it makes you more money, instead of value driven behavior being done for more fundamental principles.\n\nGood luck to you on this....
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Honestly I couldnt agree more. Some folks may be offended by seeing the 10 commandments or maybe "Jesus Saves" on billboards but, I personally could live without seeing Viagra and Trojan ads. \n\nWe arent allowed to show a commercial for cigarettes anymore but we can discuss in detail how fast a car goes in a commercial and yet, people fail to see that car accidents cause more deaths in a DAY than in a year of smoking related illnesses.