PPT-Consumer Rights & Responsibilities

1 2 2 LifeSmarts is a program of the National Consumers League The best consumer is the educated consumer 3 The Consumer Bill of Rights In 1962 President John Kennedy spoke to Congress This call to action resulted in the Consumer Bill of Rights. It provides useful tips on how to avoid problems with landlords and if problems do arise where to get advice If you have been given permission to stay at another persons house and have your meals provided and pay rent you are most likely a boarder I Responsibilities. Consumer Protection. Consumers Beware. Making Choices. Consumer Information & Action. Tammy has rented a . DVD from . Hollywood Video. She then proceeds to softball practice, leaving the . Agree? . Disagree? . I am looking forward to (or I enjoyed) my Bar/Bat Mitzvah.. The most important thing about my Bar/Bat Mitzvah is the party and presents.. I expect to feel differently about myself after my Bar/Bat Mitzvah.. Sue L. T. McGregor PhD Professor. Mount Saint Vincent . University, Halifax NS Canada. 2010 . International Cultural Research Network Conference . Halifax NS. Finding a moral ground for a globalized world. Chapter 1. Basic Concepts of Democracy. Section 3. Foundations. The American concept of democracy rests on these beliefs:. Recognition of the fundamental worth and dignity of every person. Respect for the equality of all persons. Rights and Responsibilities. LQ: Can I identify how age, nationality, employment, . education affect identity?. Terminology. : rights, responsibilities, collectivism, individualism, duties, needs, wants, stereotypes, identity, prejudice . health. Angela McDougall, Policy Advisor . TPPA . must not restrict . governments . from implementing measures . needed to protect health and consumer rights. Consumer . right to informed choice . Food . Special challenges in Protecting Vulnerable and Economically Disadvantaged Consumers.. Skewed policies and laws . For long, the consumer movement has remained mostly an urban, middleclass movement. . So 4.4 explore how ideologies shape individual and collective citizenship. So 4.5 examine perspective on the rights, roles and responsibilities of the individual in a democratic society (respect for law and order, protest, civil disobedience, political participation). Just Imagine…. You just bought a brand new iPad from Best Buy yesterday.. . When you got home, however, you tried it out only to find that you could not hear a sound!. What do you do?. 7 Consumer Rights. Just Imagine…. You just bought a brand new iPad from Best Buy yesterday.. . When you got home, however, you tried it out only to find that you could not hear a sound!. What do you do?. 7 Consumer Rights. The Duties and Responsibilities of Citizens Chapter 4, Section 3 http://tpscongress.org/citizens-unite/ http://www.centeroncongress.org/citizen-participation The Duties of A citizen A duty (also called an obligation) is something that a citizen is required to do, by law. General Financial Literacy – Jessica Cox . Learning objective. Explain the purposes and features of consumer protection laws. . Identify federal and state entities that exist to protect consumers from forms of fraud and abuse. . Introduction to Business and Marketing. Objectives. Describe seven protections that are included in the Consumer Bill of Rights. Describe the responsibilities of consumers. The Main Idea. Consumers are protected by the .