Ethics

**granny_longerhair** · 07-10-2011, 01:21 AM

Let me pose a couple of hypothetical questions to you all ....

Should a publisher accept advertisting for products that he knows are phony or worthless? Should the publisher be liable for claims against the product, if he knowingly advertised them?

Does a publisher have an obligation to check out products before accepting advertisting for them?

**granny_longerhair** · 07-11-2011, 01:12 PM

LOL .... ok then.

**sanjose** · 07-11-2011, 01:49 PM

Hypothetical; If a company advertised a product guaranteed to grow hair , increase the bosom and the product is a dud????

Yes, [hypothetically] the company and advertiser should be held liable.

If a store advertises a product and the inventer/lic. owner has never done any research, and is using the public as guinea pigs the the seller must be held liable.
Of course, we are talking hypothetically. note; is there a patent pending on the product? that is the first hint that maybe it hasn't been tested fully.

I return things all the time. I expect anything to be what it says it is.

Right now there are a lot of products on the market that do not stand up to their promise. I can remember all that crap that was advertised on the back of a comic book. My mother said, "That stuff doesn't work, they are just trying to make money." Ha, even mom knew a huckster.

**sanjose** · 07-11-2011, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by granny_longerhair

Let me pose a couple of hypothetical questions to you all ....

Should a publisher accept advertisting for products that he knows are phony or worthless? Should the publisher be liable for claims against the product, if he knowingly advertised them?

Does a publisher have an obligation to check out products before accepting advertisting for them?

hope you didn't get ripped off on a product.

**mustlivelife** · 07-11-2011, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by granny_longerhair

Should a publisher accept advertisting for products that he knows are phony or worthless? Should the publisher be liable for claims against the product, if he knowingly advertised them?

Does a publisher have an obligation to check out products before accepting advertisting for them?

In an ideal world: No. Yes. Yes.

In this world: Yes. No. No.

**etherea** · 07-11-2011, 02:54 PM

I'm no, yes and yes. But who the fuck gives a damn as long as money is being made? There are no ethics in business!

**Chalcedony** · 07-11-2011, 03:21 PM

Yes, certainly the company should be liable.
It is very unethical.
I know much about business ethics.

**mustlivelife** · 07-11-2011, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chalcedony

Yes, certainly the company should be liable.
It is very unethical.
I know much about business ethics.

There's no such thing as business ethics! There are no ethics in business!

**KeithBC** · 07-11-2011, 04:18 PM

If you are asking whether the publisher is morally responsible, then yes he is. If you are asking whether you should sue, then no, you'll lose.

**granny_longerhair** · 07-11-2011, 05:16 PM

Interesting takes. Thanks to all for your opinions.

No, this doesn't apply to anything involving me directly. But my questions were prompted by a website that frequently posts scathing attacks on the commercial media for its lack of ethics.

However, the same website, with superb irony, also posts advertisements for products that are clearly worthless.

As always, I guess, it's a case of buyer (and reader) beware.