Unethical advertising

Advertisement is considered unethical in the following situations; o When it has degraded or underestimated the substitute or rival's product. o When it gives false or misleading information on the value of the product. o When it fails to give useful information on the possible reaction or side effects of the product. And o When it is immoral.

Basic principals
Decency Honesty Social Responsibility Truthful presentation Comparisons Imitation Safety and health Avoidance of Harm Environmental behaviour

Ways of unethical advertisement

Surrogate advertisement Puffery Exaggeration Unverified claims Women stereotyping Women used as sex symbols for promoting products Comparative advertisements Use of children in advertising

Surrogate advertising is prominently seen in cases where advertising Surrogate advertising a particular product is banned by law. Advertisement for products like cigarettes or alcohol which are injurious to heath are prohibited by law in several countries and hence these companies have to come up with several other products that might have the same brand name and indirectly remind people of the cigarettes or beer bottles of the same brand Common examples include Fosters and Kingfisher beer brands, which are often seen to promote their brand with the help of surrogate advertising.

Puffery
Puffery as a legal term refers to promotional statements and claims that express subjective rather than objective views, such that no reasonable person would take literally. A twoyear old might believe that polar bears enjoy sipping CocaCola. But we know better.

EXAGGERATION
Using false claims in the advertisements about the product. For example:-Ghari detergent - Pehle Istemaal kare phir vishvaas kare., Tide detergent White ho to Tide ho., Vodafone Essar Wherever you go our network follows.

White ho to Tide ho.

One Drop Challenge

Wherever you go our network follows.

Unverified Claims
It includes advertisements of energy drinks which tells us about the number of vitamins and how they help children to grow strong and tall. There is no way of verifying these false claims. For example:-Horlicks, Maltova, Tiger biscuits.

WOMEN IN ADVERTISING

Women stereotyping

Women are generally associated with household works and is not supposed to be a good decision maker which contributes to women stereotyping .

Women shown as doing domestic work which reflects stereotype image of women.

Women in advertising used as sex symbols

Unhealthy Brand comparisons Nowadays advertisers are engaged in unhealthy brand comparison with the help of advertising. Such comparisons create problems and confusions for the right choice of the product as far as audience are concerned. Example can be cited of colgate and pepsodent toothpaste.

Colgate Vs Pepsodent

Complan Vs

Horlicks

Coca cola Vs Pepsi

Children in advertising
Children are easily persuaded and have a large pull on today's markets, as is known by all advertisers, even ones who do not intend for their products to be consumed by children.

Children and adolescents as target groups

The childrens market where resistance to advertising is weakest is the pioneer for ad creep. Kids are among the most sophisticated observers of ads. They can sing the jingles and identify the logos, and they often have strong feelings about products. What they generally don't understand, however, are the issues thatunderlie how advertising works.

Vulgar Advertisements banned by I & B Ministry :-

Amul macho

Axe dark temptation

Newspaper ads

A wine bottle that is considered ethically wrong because the lorry may have to move to certain places where drinking is unethical