Consumerism Reports Samples For Students

Legal Issues Affecting Business Organizations in Australia

Recurrently, business entities engage in fraud or unfair practices in an attempt to gain advantage over their competitors. It is not always that these practices benefit consumers- on several occasions, business entities disregard the rights of the consumer. It is in this light that most governments, inclusive of the government of Australia, require business to submit information about their various products in a bid to ascertain if the products, in any way, infringe the rights of consumers. This is bid by governments to safeguard the rights of consumers is conventionally referred to as consumer legal protection.

The Level of Consumer Protection in Australia

However, even as governments, ...

Introduction

Globalization, also referred to as the process through which the world has become one single village has numerous effects (Gillespie & Hennessey, 2011, p. 16). The most notable effect of globalization is increased competition because all companies are in a position to access similar clientele. This poses a significant challenge many companies which are multinational in nature. This is because they have to devise new and better methods of attracting and retaining customers. The act of attracting and retaining customers is referred to as marketing (Chartier & Johnson, 2011, p. 211). Firms that operate globally engages in international strategic marketing, that is, marketing ...

- Introduction
Since Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, there have been a plethora of changes in the country. However, in other ways, the country has remained much the same as it was under British rule. To this day, Hong Kong remains a special administrative region of China, which means that it is afforded special economic and political freedoms that the rest of the country is not afforded. Today, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world, and has a GDP that is the 44th largest in the world. This is no mean feat ...

News Report 1: Pressure Builds On Merkel As Spain Calls For Bank Aid

(Donahue, 2012)

The article throws light on the existing debt crisis in Europe and efforts made by its member countries to sail through this difficult situation. The financial condition of Spain is the prime focus of this article. The unemployment and industrial outputs have been declining in Europe for the past two years. According to the United States President Barack Obama, the leaders of Europe have not made sufficient efforts to control the crisis situation. With deteriorating financial condition of Spain, its Prime Minister has resorted to calling for a ‘banking union’ to fight the worsening problem. A banking union ...

There is a growing concern that the search for exponential economic growth brings about the degradation of the environment. According to Carter, the tension between economic growth and environmental protection lies at the heart of environmental politics (Carter 27). Today, the society and especially politicians who are affiliated to environmental issues only recognize the world’s dependence on the resources that the earth provides. These natural elements are such as oxygen and water. However, they fail to notice the connection between land and the economy. The profundity of this interdependence is hidden by our search for economic growth and ...

The best way to describe Russia in the present day is that it is a country in transition. Given the huge scope of the landmass that makes up Russia, it is understandable that change takes a long time. Although having said that, Moscow, the capital city of Russia, is probably the most modern, the most western city in Russia at this time with it’s newly minted billionaires rivaling those of the west.
In the dark past of the Tsars, the Russian populace probably didn’t see much opportunity to change their lot in life. They were stuck on the ...

The criminal behavior of women has a negative impact on the whole society because it affects its basic unit - the family and its moral-psychological atmosphere. The problem is still of great social importance, as the nature of female offenders has significantly changed. Currently, it is observed that the nature of the criminal behavior of women is marked by an increase in the number of committed graves and especially grave crimes, increased recidivism, reducing age (rejuvenation) of criminals and offenders. At the beginning of the XX century and in the first years after the millennia women's crime did not ...

A writer ventures into the writing business with the aim of entertaining the readers. These personalities write captivating stories that entertain the readers. However, in this case, Upton makes the above statement to try and bring out the fact that even though the book was written to entertain the readers, somewhat it tampered with their inner feeling. The book centers around a Lithuanian immigrant who comes to the USA with the hope of having a better life. However, the turnout of events does not impress both the writer and presumably the reader. The book describes the life of one Jurgigs life ...

Business Strategy Report for Go-Ahead plc

Executive Summary
The report gives brief information about the Go-Ahead company, its current market position and the market segments it operates in as well as describing the operations of the company. The analysis given in the report uses PESTEL analysis, Five Forces, SWOT and other micro economic concepts in brief terms.
The report has different sections describing different concepts of the research on Go-Ahead Company. The organization’s strategic position will be analyzed and critically evaluated using findings from research conducted. The Go-Ahead’s strategic direction will be analyzed using two of the Ansoff, BCG, and McKinsey ...

Executive summary

From the study, it is realized that the major legal issues affecting restaurants as form of business organizations in Australia relate to the payment of hefty fines and payouts when the owners breach the excessive laws formulated by the government. Basically, throughout this report, the Australian Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, Australian Consumer Law, the Compliance Law, and the Australia’s Trade Practices Act 1974 have been identified as some the laws that affect restaurant operators in Australia. Also, such legislations as Superannuation guarantee levy, Fair work Australia, OHS, and carbon tax are identified.

Generally, there is excessive ...

Topic: Main Aspects of EU Social Policy

Introduction

The EU social concerns led to the formation and development of the Social Committee under the European Union in order to address these concerns. The committee was put in place in the year 1957 under the Rome Treaty (Collins, 1975, Pg. 64). Its main aim was to voice the societal concerns that included matters pertaining to employment, trade and trade unions, farming, consumer protection as well as other emerging social issues (Carmel, 2003, Pg. 14-17). Such emerging issues include but not limited to health, activities of farmers and traders as well as the social welfare of the populations ...