Better Business Bureau Scandal

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The driving force that established the Better Business Bureau (BBB) was Samuel C. Dobbs a sales manager for the Coco-Cola. The company was on trial for false advertising. In 1909 Dobbs became the president of Associated Advertising Club of America. The legal counsel for the Coco-Cola company made a statement “all advertising is exaggerated. Nobody really believe it.” This statement seems to resonate in Dobbs mind. Promoting Dobbs concept John Irving Romer established the Vigilance Committee. It was set up to oversee the advertising industry in 1912.
The official birthday for the Better Business Bureau (BBB) was 1921. Currently, there are 122 BBBs independently governed by their own board of directors. An organization of this size was a breeding …show more content…

In fact, (BBB) endorse accredited and nonaccredited business. If the business commit to the Code of business practices it is accredited by the (BBB). The rating system is one of the controversy action in the (BBB). The system was set up to give dues paying members a higher rating than non-dues paying member’s.
The pay to play concept was alleged by the Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. Pay to play alleges that organization pay for favorable treatment at the expense of others. The way that this works is that some dues paying members were given favorable rating over others with the same credentials. This unethical behavior was destroying the moral fabric of the organization.
ABC news investigation revealed other unfair and unethical practices in the Los Angles (BBB). The news set up fictional companies to prove that accredited members were buying higher ratings. Another problem was that L. A. (BBB) president William Mitchell was receiving a salary of $400,000 a year for a nonprofit organization. Sales Representatives were getting commission for the sales of memberships. These were some of the worst ethical and morals that a company that was supposed to help the consumer could do. Restoring the trust to the public was being made difficult by a

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