Autocontrol: A Critical Study of Achievements and Challenges in the Pursuit of Ethical Advertising Through an Advertising Self-Regulation System

Ramón A. Feenstra () and Elsa González Esteban ()
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Ramón A. Feenstra: Universitat Jaume I de Castellón (España)
Elsa González Esteban: Universitat Jaume I de Castellón (España)

Journal of Business Ethics, 2019, vol. 154, issue 2, No 4, 354 pages

Abstract: Abstract The theory and practice of advertising self-regulation have been evolving for decades in pursuit of basic standards for advertising quality. In Spain, this discipline was put into practice in 1995, the year the Association for the Self-Regulation of Commercial Communication (Autocontrol) was created. This article aims to examine in depth the functioning of the Spanish advertising self-regulation system, with special emphasis on the Advertising Jury, and explore to what extent some of the normative requirements of rigour, independence and participation can be considered to have been met. The paper is based on a case study in which interviews with Autocontrol members, Jury members and consumer associations have particular bearing. The results shed light on the achievements of Autocontrol’s self-regulation work and the challenges it still faces.

Keywords: Advertising self-regulation; Autocontrol; Consumer associations; Advertising jury; Advertising ethics; Participation; Independence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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