F11-05·F11 — Marketing Ethics & Regulation
Advertising Standards, Self-Regulation, and the Codes
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The productive tension
Self-regulatory codes are either creativity-throttling censorship or industry PR cover — they cannot be both useful and binding
The synthesis
Self-regulation works when the industry takes it seriously and fails when it is used as PR cover; the evidence-based marketer treats the code as the minimum-viable-ethics floor, not the ceiling
Learning objectives
- →Explain how the CAP, BCAP, ICC and Nederlandse Reclame Code systems actually function, who writes them, and who enforces them
- →Evaluate the evidence for and against the claim that self-regulation is toothless, using complaint-rate data and named adjudications
- →Identify the structural points at which self-regulation fails and statutory backstops take over
- →Apply the minimum-viable-ethics principle to a creative brief, treating the code as a floor rather than a ceiling
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