CONSTRUCTION OF ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS OF CHINA’S ADVERTISING SPOKESMAN
ABSTRACT: False advertisements preva lent in today’s society, which not only do harm to consumers’ legal rights, but also to the market management orders and the legal rights of other operators. Therefore, there is no time to delay to regulate the false advertisements, especially at such a moment that calls for honesty and credit. At present, the law of the false advertisement spokesman responsibility system has some flaws, causing some misbehavior of the as well as a serious of drawbacks. The author thinks that it’s necessary for our country to establish the system of the false advertisement spokesman responsibility. This article elaborates on the above-mentioned problems in three parts. The first part lays analysis on the hazardous effects of false ads and the reasons of their deluge. The author believes that compared with some ordinary false ads, the false ads that represented by celebrities have more negative effects on society. Every star has his own supporters. These funs are likely to be the potential consumers of such false ads. At the same time, consumers will unconsciously associate the artistic image of their favorite stars with the commercial credit of certain products, which will easily leads consumers to trust the products more. In the second part, the author gives his own opinion on whether the celebrities should undertake the responsibility of false ads. The practice of celebrities spokesmen actually is a sort of testimonial to the products b the celebrity himself, while the instructions of products are a kind of guarantee for the goods. Since such instructions can attract the customers and affect the conditions of dealing, they are regarded as an express warranty with contract binding force. If the products don’t agree with the instructions or samples, the sellers should take up the liability for breach of contract, which varies from repairing, changing, refunding and returning. As a result, spokesmen should also be included in the liability subject range of product liability for tort, for he is involved in the express warranty for the product too. The third part, as for the Construction of Accountability Mechanisms of China’s Advertising Spokesman, the author gives some suggestions.
Keys words: False advertisements; Responsibility system; Advertisement; Star