Group items tagged

Surprisingly, a survey found that people think advertising is one of the top 5 areas that require governmental regulations. The others were water pollution, toxic waste, air pollution, and nuclear safety.

And so I think religions make people better able to act on the moral sense. Where do you see the role science can play in understanding how religion develops a moral sense?

Advertisers and their agencies are frequently confronted with having to make ethical choices, which are often difficult, because they are not black or white. This presentation presents some of these challenging situations from a philosophical perspective. In addition, it covers: industry regulation; is advertising manipulative or misleading?; should potentially harmful products be advertised?

Great resource, Marcus. These are some classic examples for thinking through ethical issues in advertising. One of out talks for this week will be from Ogilvy & Mather's Vice Chairman, Rory Sutherland.