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Belch: Advertising and<br />

Promotion, Sixth Edition<br />

VII. Special Topics and<br />

Perspectives<br />

Figure 21-4 FTC complaint procedure<br />

21. Regulation of<br />

Advertising and Promotion<br />

remember some or all of the claim. To address the problem of residual effects, in the<br />

1970s the FTC developed a program known as corrective advertising. An advertiser<br />

found guilty of deceptive advertising can be required to run additional advertising<br />

designed to remedy the deception or misinformation contained in previous ads.<br />

The impetus for corrective advertising was another case involving Campbell<br />

Soup, which placed marbles in the bottom of a bowl of vegetable soup to force the<br />

solid ingredients to the surface, creating a false impression that the soup contained<br />

more vegetables than it really did. (Campbell Soup argued that if the marbles were<br />

not used, all the ingredients would settle to the bottom, leaving an impression of<br />

© The McGraw−Hill<br />

Companies, 2003<br />

Consumer Competitor<br />

FTC Staff<br />

If substantial evidence of<br />

violation, cease-and-desist<br />

order written by ALJ<br />

Advertiser and<br />

FTC agree<br />

Case resolved<br />

Advertiser or<br />

commission<br />

rejects order<br />

Hearing before<br />

administrative law<br />

judge (ALJ)<br />

Staff Investigation Dismissed<br />

Proposed complaint<br />

and consent order<br />

written<br />

Reviewed by<br />

commissioners<br />

Dismissed<br />

Advertiser or<br />

FTC appeal<br />

Hearing before<br />

commissioners<br />

Appeals court<br />

Advertiser agrees<br />

or negotiates<br />

Dismissed<br />

Dismissed<br />

Case resolved<br />

731<br />

Chapter Twenty-one Regulation of Advertising and Promotion

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