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| Business Ethics | A collection of principles and rules that define correct and incorrect behavior/conduct for a member of an organization. |
| Sherman Act of 1890 | Insures that companies remain able to compete fairly and makes it illegal for companies to monopolize trade. |
| Clayton Act of 1914 | Makes it illegal to charge different prices to different wholesale customers. |
| Robinson-Patman Act of 1936 | Amended portion of the Clayton Act dealing with the pricing of goods and prevents price discrimination—setting different prices for different customers. |
| Wheeler-Lea Act of 1938 | Passed to strengthen earlier laws outlawing unfair methods of competition. |
| Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 | Bans the sale of impure, improperly labeled, falsely guaranteed, and unhealthful foods, drugs, and cosmetics. |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission 1972 | Establishes minimum product safety standards on consumer products. |
| Truth in Lending Act of 1968 | Creditors are required to let consumers know how much being paid in finance charges and interest. |
| Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1975 | Illegal for business to deny credit because of age, sex, marital status, race, national origin, religion, or public assistance |
| Fair Credit Reporting Act | Gives cardholders right to see their credit agency reports and to correct errors. |
| Fair Debt Collection Practices Act | Forbids debt collectors to use abusive, deceptive, or unfair collection methods. |
| The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 | Created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) whose mission is to protect human health and safeguard the air, water, and land. |
| Clean Air Act of 1970 | Comprehensive federal law that regulates air emissions and original act set maximum air pollution standards for each of the 50 states. |
| Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 | Enacted to give EPA the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced in or imported into the U.S. |
| Clean Water Act of 1977 | Give EPA authority to set standards on type and quantity of pollutants that industries can put into bodies of water. |
| CERES Principles (Coalition of Environmentally Responsible Economies) | Developed as result of Exxon Valdez accident, which spilled oil along coastal Alaska in 1989. |
| Equal Employment Opportunity Law | Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Americans with Disabilities Act and Equal Pay Act |
| Occupational Safety and Health Laws | Enforced by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Sets standards for keeping workplaces clean and free of hazards. |
| Fair Labor Standards Act (Wage-Hour Laws) | Sets minimum wage, Sets number of hours employees can work in a week without overtime pay and prohibits companies from employing children under the age of 14. |
| Benefit Laws | Social Security Act, Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Unemployment Insurance, Workers’ Compensation and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). |
| Labor Relations Laws | Enacted by Congress to protect groups of employees and National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). It includes organizing a union, collective bargaining and striking. |
