methods to consumers. The use of advancement in information technology‚ such as automated and prerecorded messages caused numerous controversies and complaints to the government authority. This engaged the Federal government and Congress to intervene in the protection of the consumers. The Federal government and Congress had create statutes‚ such as Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)‚ 1991‚ and Do Not Call Implementation Act‚ 2003 that prohibits or blocked unsolicited advertising via communicational
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online environment. ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 1 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal 6. Puffery constitutes deceptive advertising. ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 1 TYPE: = BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal 7. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is the primary agency that issues regulations on food labeling. ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 2 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal 8. Labels on fresh meats are not required to indicate where the food originated. ANSWER: F PAGES: Section
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Fair Debt Collection Practice Act: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)‚ the nation’s consumer protection agency‚ enforces the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)‚ which prohibits debt collectors from using abusive‚ unfair‚ or deceptive practices to collect from you [ftc.gov]. FDCPA became effective in March 1978; it also protects reputable debt collectors from unfair competition and encourages consistent state action to protect consumers from abuses in debt collection [federalreserve.gov].
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Concerns LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students should be able to answer the following questions: 1) What agencies and laws regulate marketing communications? 2) Why is it that puffery is legal and deception is not? What role does substantiation play in the process? 3) What legal remedies can be used to correct deceptive communications practices? 4) How do the three major industry regulatory agencies help keep advertising and business practices from injuring customers or other
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are targeted by deceptive advertising it is just a matter of how consumer savvy you are. Almost all companies are guilty of this crime‚ including Phillip Morris Tobacco‚ weight loss programs and even grocery stores just to name a few. Under both Federal and State law‚ an ad is unlawful if it tends to mislead or deceive even if it doesn’t actually fool anyone. If your ad is deceptive you’ll face legal problems whether you intended to mislead the customer or not. What counts is the overall impression
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key to a successful supply chain and its integration with customers and supplies lies in its ability to communicate wants‚ needs‚ and realities. Seagate has taken communication to its highest level by creating visibility at every level of its supply chain. This visibility is the Holy Grail for Seagate because it is a form of communication that breeds trust and transparency throughout every level of its supply chain. This visibility has been bred through heavy investments in IT infrastructure‚ employee
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Final Draft: The Effects of False Advertising Since the evolution of communication‚ media has been used to transmit informations to those willing to absorb it. Now‚ using powerful technologies such as television or the internet‚ information has been made accessible to people in every aspect of our daily lives‚ trying now to influence our choices more than ever before through advertisement. However‚ for the most‚ the goal behind advertising is personal profit. Therefore‚ the things we are exposed
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Atavia Vigil Case Brief 38-1 Federal Election Comm’n v. Beaumont Facts In 2003‚ the corporation North Carolina Right to Life‚ Inc. sued the federal Election Commission claiming that that two FEC regulations were unconstitutional. First regulation challenged the one that stops corporations from making contributions Second regulation was the one that provides an exemption from the ban for corporate contributions for particular nonprofit corporations. NCRL believes that they met the exemption to
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Philippines Consumer Protection Law What is Republic Act 7394? Republic Act 7394 (RA 7394) is the "Consumer Act of the Philippines" which was promulgated on July 15‚ 1992. It is the policy of the State to protect the interest of the consumer‚ promote his general welfare and to establish standards of conduct for business and industry. What are the objectives of the RA 7394 or otherwise known as "Consumer Act of the Philippines? Protection of consumers against hazards to health and safety;
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stricter in the first quarter of the twentieth century than they are now. a. True b. False 5. The Interstate Commerce Act was the first federal act to regulate business practices. a. True b. False 6. A Latin phrase‚ caveat emptor‚ summarizes the vulnerable position that consumers were in the early 1900s. a. True b. False 7. The EPA is a federal agency charged with enforcing laws intended to protect the environment. a. True b. False 8. The consumer bill of rights was instituted
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