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Generally, if the weight loss product producers give wrong product information to the publicsuch as weight loss benefits, no side effect, etc. It can be claimed that they are unethical then. Butdefinitely, not all producers are unethical.First of all, as mentioned before, some weight loss products are defined as “health food”.However, if the product contains medical and chemical ingredients, the products will be totallynot a health food. On a contrary, they are drugs. Therefore, these producers do not have socialresponsibility. They should protect the health of customers instead of just earning profit. However,it is rather difficult to know which brands of weight loss products are ethical and which are notsince it does not have any token.Recently, one of the famous weight loss products was found that their ingredients containedmedical and chemical ingredients. However, in their promotion process, they strongly emphasizedthat their products are 100% natural. When some customers took it and found that there was aserious side effect. Department of Health then tested the products, it was found that theiringredients are harmful to people’s health (Apple Daily, 2001).In the above case, the producers are unethical. However, there are too many kinds of weightloss products in the market. It is impossible to know which products are reliable. But, it can beconcluded that many producers are not exactly ethical since they always overstate the benefit oftheir products.102