Code of Ethics
Outdoor Advertising Agencies should develop their own Code of
Ethics to protect against unscrupulous practices.
Members of the Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria (OAAN)
must abide by this Code, which includes a requirement to comply
with all relevant regulations and support the Advertiser's Code of
Ethics, as endorsed by the Advertisement Practitioners Council of
Nigeria (APCON).
The Code of Ethics is as follows:
To Our Advertisers
- We are committed to providing the best possible outdoor
advertising sites on a value-for-money basis within the markets in
which we operate.
- We observe an honest, ethical and professional approach to
trading practices, media contracts and proof of performance.
- We put genuine effort into providing services and support by
way of research data, strategic planning, creative advice and
production guidance to make the outdoor medium easy to evaluate,
buy and utilize to maximum advantage.
- We encourage the use of new technologies to continuously
improve the service we provide to our advertiser clients.
- We are committed to maintaining and improving the quality and
appearance of site structures and locations to enhance their
performance for advertisers.
To Our Industry
- We support the principle of self regulation as administered by
various responsible authorities operating in the advertising
industry.
- We acquire and negotiate for sites in a business-like and
competitive fashion, observing all regulatory and planning permit
requirements.
- We operate, at all times, in a professional manner to maintain
a positive attitude to the industry by advertisers, consumers and
legislators.
- We support outdoor advertising as a legitimate business to be
practiced only in appropriately zoned areas.
- We demand the right to maintain and continue with authorized
outdoor advertising sites.
- We support the right to reject advertising that is misleading,
unethical, obscene or otherwise incompatible with industry and
community taste and decency standards.
To Our Community
- We are committed to providing an effective form of
communication for goods or services of interest or benefit to the
community.
- We share the public interest in the environment with regard to
protecting natural scenic beauty, and parks, and we aim to locate
our displays near populous areas as permitted by the Lagos State
Structures for Signage and Advertisement Agency Law, 2006 (and its
amendment thereto) and planning schemes.
- We pledge and actively support community service and charity
campaigns.
- We are committed to and promote a program which endorses
advertising that responsibly adheres to the Code of Ethics of the
Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria (OAAN), the Advertiser
Codes of Practice of the Advertising Practitioners Council of
Nigeria (APCON) and the Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria
(OAAN) and the interests of the community at large.
- We are committed to excellence in the creative designs that we
exhibit because we provide the most public 'art gallery' there
is.