Advertising Controversial Products in the Asia Pacific: What Makes Them Offensive?

The advertising of controversial products/services and the use of controversial images to "cut through the clutter" in the marketplace appears to be increasing around the world. However, apart from the general ethical issue regarding the deliberate use of controversial/offensive images for...

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VerfasserInnen: Fam, Kim Shyan (VerfasserIn) ; Waller, David S. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2003
In: Journal of business ethics
Jahr: 2003, Band: 48, Heft: 3, Seiten: 237-250
weitere Schlagwörter:B controversial products
B Asia Pacific
B Religion
B Asian values
B Collectivism
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Zusammenfassung:The advertising of controversial products/services and the use of controversial images to "cut through the clutter" in the marketplace appears to be increasing around the world. However, apart from the general ethical issue regarding the deliberate use of controversial/offensive images for public viewing that may offend some people, it is important to determine what makes a controversial advertisement offensive? A questionnaire was distributed to 1014 students across four different countries in the Asia Pacific region to determine what type of products are seen as offensive and the reasons they are offensive. The results present some important implications for international marketers.
ISSN:1573-0697
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000005785.29778.83