LAW 533 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Consumer Protection, Energy Star, Benefit Corporation
13 Feb 2018
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Codes make commitments : policies or third party. Address single issues e. g. mercury, pizza for free. Constrain: come up with a commitment, all companies want to do it, anticompetitive e. g. (cid:498)you must do this(cid:499) = constrain. Impact of codes on law federal government asked whether or not there was interest with big players. One point could not get consumer protection law. Day on that voluntary standard was passed, canadian marketing association send letters to the government, and said we want this to be made in a law. Voluntary codes and contract law contract law is the fundamental legal tool that body shop used for their issues. E. g. suppliers and treatment of workers, consent based if you get certified with a iso standard or worker standard, etc. (a third party comes in and reviews your operations to see if you meet it) =contractual relationship.
