""We know our industry is funding hate, legitimising environmental destructive companies, and working at the frontline of a US-led rollback on diversity, equity and inclusion" (known as DEI), they said in the memo, while "paying little more than lip service to solving critical issues" that include "spreading hateful content" and "helping polluting industries such as oil and gas rebuff public scrutiny.""
""The insiders called for an 'honest conversation with industry's power holders' such as agency leaders, the industry press, and advertising trade bodies, which they say are 'failing to make a material stand on any of the issues that would give our industry a moral justification for existing alongside a commercial one.' Harriet Kingaby, co-chair of the industry group Conscious Advertising Network, said that the memo is 'a warning shot to both the C-Suite and investors in the advertising industry as well as the brands that use them.""
Anonymous senior advertising executives warn a vacuum of responsible leadership is causing moral failure across the advertising industry and society. The industry funds hate, legitimizes environmentally destructive companies, and operates at the frontline of a US-led rollback on diversity, equity and inclusion. Agencies pay little more than lip service to solving critical issues while enabling the spread of hateful content and helping polluting industries such as oil and gas rebuff public scrutiny. Many major agency headquarters and clients are located in the United States. Insiders call for an honest conversation with agency leaders, industry press and trade bodies to restore moral justification alongside commercial activity.
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