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The Morality of Advertising

The document discusses several ethical issues related to advertising, employee rights, and other labor issues. It addresses deceptive advertising, consumer protection from misleading ads, basic employee rights under Philippine labor laws, and boards that determine minimum wage rates. Insider trading, pollution, resource depletion, whistleblowing are also summarized.

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The Morality of Advertising

The document discusses several ethical issues related to advertising, employee rights, and other labor issues. It addresses deceptive advertising, consumer protection from misleading ads, basic employee rights under Philippine labor laws, and boards that determine minimum wage rates. Insider trading, pollution, resource depletion, whistleblowing are also summarized.

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The morality of

Advertising
Advertising presents several
ethical issues.
Deceptive advertisements
Are those that makes false statements about
or misrepresent the product.
Not only through sentences but also through
pictures which can deceive the eye and the mind.
Article 108 of the consumer act of
the Philippines (republic act no.
7394) “the state shall protect the consumer from misleading
advertisements and fraudulent sales promotion practices.”

Article 110 it shall be unlawful for any person to disseminate


the false within the misleading advertisements, because it is based on the
experience of a consumer.
Basic Employee Rights, Job
discrimination, Other Labor-Related
Ethical Issues
 The labor code of the Philippines (presidential decree no.
442) lays down the rights of workers in relation to wages,
rights to self-organization, collective bargaining, security
or tenure.
 Republic act no. 6727 (wage rationalization act) mandates
the fixing of the minimum wage applicable to different
industrial sectors.
 Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards
(RTWPBs) authorized to determine the daily minimum
wage rates in the different regions.
 Book four of Labor Code of the Philippines
lays down the “Health, Safety, and Social
Welfare Benefits”
 Bookfive “Labor relations” which lays
down to the policies of the State with
regard to labor.
Insider Trading
 The illegal activity of buying and selling a
company’s stocks while using secret
information from a person for the company.
 Isthe trading of the public company’s stock
or other securities by individuals with
access to nonpublic information is illegal.
Pollution and Resource
Depletion
 Is the consumption of a resource faster than it
can be replenished. Natural resources are
commonly divided between renewable resources
and non-renewable resources.
 It is commonly used in reference to farming,
fishing, mining, water usage and consumption of
fossil fuels.
Whistle Blowing
 Isthe act of drawing public attention, to
perceived wrongdoing, misconduct,
unethical activity within public, private or
third sector organizations.
 Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 is the
basis of legal protection of whistle blowers

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