Society often may deem certain behavior to be unethical even if laws do not
forbid it. Most observers would agree that practices such as these are unethical
(and sometimes illegal, too):
● Raising prices on scarce products after a natural disaster such as a hurricane.
● Not having adequate stock when a sale is advertised.
● Charging high prices in low-income areas because consumers there do not
have the transportation mobility to shop out of their neighborhoods.
● Selling alcohol and tobacco products to children.
● Having a salesperson pose as a market researcher when engaged in
telemarketing.
● Defaming competitors.
● Selling refurbished merchandise as new.
● Pressuring employees to push high-profit items, even if these items are not
the best products.
● Selling information from a customer database