Law and ethics are not coterminous. All the issues discussed on this page have ethical dimensions, but not all of them implicate legal realities. The law is confined by limitations on government authority, principally through the Constitution, while ethics bear no such limitations. Ethics, therefore, should be subject to a higher standard of expectation than law. See:bibliography of advertising ethics and Morality and Ethics quotes.
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