Although there are so many different markets, a marketing professional can work in, one understands that the volume and impact of marketing decisions upon the final consumer justifies an special attention, under the Ethics point of view. For this reason, the central analysis of this article relies upon consumer goods marketing. Many transactions have taken place among producers, wholesalers and retailers, before the product is available to the consumers. The producers of consumer goods were chosen as universe in this exploratory study.
Ethics; marketing; consumer goods; codes of ethics; industry