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Consumer Rights and Responsibilities

Consumer Rights and Responsibilities. Chapters 3.1 and 3.2. Safety . Right to safety Products must not endanger consumers’ lives or health . Information. Right to be informed Business must provide accurate information in advertising, labeling, and sales practices. Choice. Right to Choose

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Consumer Rights and Responsibilities

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  1. Consumer Rights and Responsibilities Chapters 3.1 and 3.2

  2. Safety • Right to safety • Products must not endanger consumers’ lives or health

  3. Information • Right to be informed • Business must provide accurate information in advertising, labeling, and sales practices.

  4. Choice • Right to Choose • Consumers should have a variety of goods and services from which to choose.

  5. Heard • Right to be heard • The government must consider consumer interests when creating laws.

  6. Redress • Right to redress • Consumers should be able to obtain fair remedies to consumer problems.

  7. Consumer Education • Right to consumer education • Sufficient information should be available for consumers to make rational decisions.

  8. Healthy Environment • Right to a healthy environment • Businesses should avoid polluting the environment and should contribute to the welfare of the community in which they operate.

  9. Consumer Responsibilities • With any right also comes responsibilities. • Using your parents car, proper use of a product

  10. Consumer Responsibilities • Responsibility to… • Use Products Safely • Use Information • Choose Carefully • Express Satisfaction or Dissatisfaction • Seek Redress • Be an Educated Consumer • Contribute to a Healthy Environment

  11. Who can help? • Federal Trade Commission (FTC) • Most important federal consumer protection agency • Responsible for protecting consumers from unfair or deceptive business practices such as misleading information in advertising or on product labels

  12. Other Consumer Agencies • BBB • Files complaints • Underwriter Laboratories • Checks products for electrical safety standards • Consumers Union • Test products and rates them on the basis of their quality • Like Consumer Reports

  13. Other Help • Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) • Protects consumers from dangerous products. • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • State and local governments • State’s attorney’s office handles frauds and misleading ad claims

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