Consumer protection

The tremendous physical changes taking place during early and middle childhood creates opportunities to influence child activity in ways that stimulate beneficial growth; and outdoor play environments are excellent venues in accomplishing this stimulation. We illustrate this by discussing three different types of play equipment – slide, bridge/tunnel climber, and swing - and identify the types of play each encourage, review how the various gross and fine motor skills are enhanced, and examine…

Playing It Safe Amusement parks entertain and thrill people all around the world. The origin of the amusement park stems from medieval times, when European cities would host “pleasure gardens,” which included games, rides, dancing, fireworks and other diversions (Baughman, Bondi, Layman, McConnell, and Tompkins, 2001). In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the United States began hosting the world’s fair, and competition for prestige, press attention, and visitors spread across the county…

For example, if prior to this crisis, the characteristics thought of were reliable, well known, guaranteed, after the crisis, the characteristics would most likely include harmful or a synonym as such. Furthermore, the fact that this series of incidents occurred, increased awareness of the possibility of such risks, therefore making one think twice before purchasing an electronic product in general. The series of incidents relating to the Note 7 left people reluctant of purchasing Samsung…

What Is CPSIA? Answer: The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) was passed by U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Bush on Aug. 14, 2008. CPSIA is designed to allow The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) to better regulate the safety of products made and imported for sale in the U.S. CPSIA also contains regulations that are intended to make products for children under age 12 safer by requiring manufacturers and importers to show that these products do…

competitors Hoverboard product has safety and performance issues that violated the US.S. Consumer Safety regulations. Spokesperson Patty Davis for the U.S. Consumer Product…

recent fake accounts scandal. Since the beginning of the decade, the employees of the bank have created millions of fake credit cards and bank accounts. From 2011 to 2016, this banking institution has managed to collect a staggering $2.6 million in consumer fees (Partnoy & Eisinger, 2016). The collection of this huge amount of money is a direct outcome of the trend of the employees to set up fake accounts. During this period, the employees set up around 1.5 million unsanctioned deposit accounts…

often complacency can lead the way which leads to a bunch of small red flags turn into a very bad situation that could have been solved and mitigated months prior. Overall, with the continued push for more USBP agents and increased funding the protection of this country and our ports has a very good outlook. Sadly, many ask should we spend this amount of the budget on Homeland Security due to a small group of individuals trying to attack. In a nutshell the answer is yes, or the potential for…

legal liabilities; balancing budgets and providing a safe, and yet fun play environment for the hotel guest children. 1) Playground surface. It was noticed throughout the playground area that surface matting had several cracks. (CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission)) RAC 3 = Moderate Recommendation: Submit a service order to have the playground surface matting repaired or replaced by a certified playground equipment…

responsibilities pertinent to Volkswagen deliberately creating a software capable of cheating emission tests are pollution and consumer relations. Consumer relations is a critical issue in business today. Customers look towards businesses to provide them with safe, satisfying products and to respect their rights as consumers. The four main rights for consumers concerning consumer relations are right to safety, right to be informed, right to choose, right to be heard (Business –A changing…

Over the past 40 years, the Clean Air Act and the Environmental Protection Agency have made several advances in helping reduce air pollution and creating a better nation. Recently, congress has attacked the Environmental Protection Agency, essential tying their hands, for personal gains. In The Clean Air Act, Congress found that the pollution caused by rapidly evolving Cities, industrial development, and motor vehichle use were creating a danger to public health and agriculture. The primary…