With regards to unethical marketing practices, David Ingram
(Examples of Legal But Unethical Situations in Business)
writes:
Marketing tactics can walk a fine line between persuasion and
manipulation, and this is another area where subjective ethics come
into play heavily. Some marketing tactics can take advantage of
uneducated segments of the population, which can be perfectly legal
while being scorned throughout the marketplace. For example, before
the Credit Card Act of 2009, banks could lure teens into opening
credit accounts...