or customer and "ism" means movement"‚ and hence‚ consumer movement is popularly known as "Consumerism. It is an organized and collective movement of consumers. This movement started in the year 1920 to protect the interest of the consumers. The main object of this movement is to educate and unite consumers and to fight for the protection of their rights. Consumer movement is similar to trade unions because it is a collective approach to solve the malpractices and injustice done by any organization
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Football players more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease‚ study finds By Nadia Kounang‚ CNN updated 4:38 PM EDT‚ Wed September 5‚ 2012 [pic] (CNN) -- Just hours before the 2012 NFL season kicks off‚ a new study suggests that professional football players are three times more likely to have neurodegenerative diseases than the general population. When researchers specifically looked at Alzheimer’s disease and ALS -- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease
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Features of Health Plans HCR/220 September 24‚ 2013 All health plans are not built identical and there is no rule of thumb for which ones are good or not so good. The best plan for one person may not work the same for another. The best plan for you may depend on the type of health care coverage you need‚ whether you have family members and what their needs may be‚ as well as other personal considerations. Features and options
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Employment Law Outline General Theme for Regulating/Not Regulating: Structure of Legal Responses to Problem 1. Economic Rational a. Inefficient for government to intervene b. People best at knowing what they want (rational beings) 2. In balance of information between employer/employee (safety) 3. Power inbalances a. Employees may have no other options (captive) b. Employers have more power in general 4. People are irrational‚ don’t know what is best for them 5. Social cost to society from “rational”
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Current Situation The image of professional baseball has‚ by and large‚ been an idyllic and relatively unblemished one from its roots as the national pastime in the mid-1800s until the latter part of the 20th century. Aside from the 1919 Black Sox scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired to cheat‚ to "fix" the World Series‚ nothing has rocked the game as much as the use of performance enhancing drugs (PED). Since revelations about players using such substances as steroids
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Current Issues IPL: Boon or Bane? IPL was started with much fanfare in 2008. It was regarded as the next big thing in cricket. Under the able guidance of Lalit Modi‚ it started off really well. It was inspired by the highly popular EPL (English Premier League). Since its inception‚ it has caught the eyes of players and viewers alike. It brought Bollywood and corporates under one roof. It resulted in a huge amount of money being poured into the game. Presence of Bollywood stars during matches raised
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Unpaid Employment law Seminar 1- 15/09/09 Introduction Why are you doing employment law? Are any of you employees? If so‚ what kind of employee are you? Are any of you contractors? What is employment law about? Is it about rights‚ duties‚ powers or liabilities of employees or some or all of them? Is it about ensuring employers know where they stand so that they can get on with maximisation of profit? The cost effect/analysis of employment law Employment law as a means of regulating the
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Main Essay Name: Johirul Hassan Student Number: 14097981 Subject: Introduction to Microeconomics Module leader: David Kraithman Word count: 1129 (excluding title‚ name etc) Use demand and supply analysis to consider the current conditions in one of the following markets: (2) Protein sports drinks Bodybuilders and Athletes often supplement their diets with a powdered form of protein‚ also known as Protein sports drinks. But how effective is this? Currently‚ no consensus has been reached in determining
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1.1 INTRODUCTION TO FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY Footwear refers to garments worn on the feet‚ for fashion‚ protection against the environment‚ and adornment. Being barefoot is commonly associated with poverty‚ but some cultures chose not to wear footwear‚ at least in some situations. The footwear sector is a very significant segment of the leather industry in India; rather it is the engine of growth for the entire Indian leather industry. India is the second largest global producer of footwear after China
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Index Introduction Page 3 Key legislation and policy development with regard to people with disabilities Page 3 Analyse of society has changed in Ireland in relation to how it treats people with disabilities by reference to legislation & social policy Page 4 Analyse the factors and ideologies that influenced the
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