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The importance of industry compliance in improving advertising self-regulatory processes
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The importance of industry compliance in improving advertising self-regulatory processes

Debra Harker
Journal of Public Affairs, Vol.3(1), pp.63-75
2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.134
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Marketing advertising regulation industry compliance capture Australia
As the most visible element of the marketing communications mix, advertising has had its critics and, given the choice, developed countries usually select a self-regulatory approach to deal with unacceptable advertising. The recent breakdown of one of the world's longest established advertising self-regulatory programmes in Australia has reopened the 20-year old debate that has taken place in the leading academic and business journals concerned with enhancing understanding of such regulatory systems. This paper focuses on the activity of code enforcement in improving the effectiveness of advertising self-regulatory frameworks. The key findings of an Australian study, where its scheme has recently failed, are presented and discussed in this context and a key concept is developed.

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