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The question of whether or not marketing is completely unethical is the
question most critics of marketing seem to be focusing their attention on.
Ethics provide the basis for deciding whether a particular action is morally
good or morally bad (Britt 553). But, each individual develops different
opinions, moral standards, and values. So, marketers will deal with similar
issues differently because there is no "correct" way to handle any given issue.
Marketers face various types of ethical issues in their everyday marketing
activities. Such marketing activities that require marketing managers to
utilize their moral values ethically are advertising, packaging and labeling,
and global marketing.

"Advertising is the most criticized of all micro-marketing activities
(McCarthy 643)." What is considered as unfair or deceptive advertising is very
difficult to pinpoint, because times have changed and continue to change on a
day to day basis. What one person may consider......

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