Basic consumer rights ensure a level of protection for consumers owed by a supplier of goods or services. The Consumer Bill of Rights pushed for by John F. Kennedy established four basic rights; the right to safety, the right to be informed, the right to choose, and the right to be heard.
In 1985, the United Nations in 1985 added four more rights to protect consumers: the right to satisfaction of basic need, the right to redress, the right to consumer education, and the right to a healthy environment. Consumer protection is the duty of the laws, government agencies, and organizations created to ensure consumer rights.
Under the "right to be heard" protection, the consumer is to be assured satisfactory quality and service at fair prices. The consumer's "right to privacy" assures that information disclosed in the course of a commercial transaction is not shared with others unless authorized.
Strict liability. Unfairly burdened them with excess costs. Companies would not have to go through repeated trials on the same charges in different states. Consumer groups have generally opposed the idea of product liability reform using which of the following arguments? Strict liability should be retained. Alternative dispute resolution.
The consumer's "right to privacy" assures that information disclosed in the course of a commercial transaction is not shared with others unless authorized.
Under the "right to be heard" protection, the consumer is to be assured satisfactory quality and service at fair prices. The consumer's "right to privacy" assures that information disclosed in the course of a commercial transaction is not shared with others unless authorized.
One reason for business efforts to reform product liability laws is the increasing cost of insuring against liability suits. Quality management emphasizes high quality and customer satisfaction through continuous improvement of a company's product or service at the final stages of the production process.
The Department of Agriculture has authority over vitamins and some chemicals that may affect consumers.
The complexity of products makes choices complicated for consumers.
Companies would not have to go through repeated trials on the same charges in different states.
Information they reveal in the course of a sales transaction might be misused.