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Bazelon, David L. – Professional Engineer, 1980
Nondisclosure violates a partnership with the public that engineers have entered by introducing new technologies to the public. If technological progress is to coexist with democracy, technology's creators must rethink their communication with the public. (Author/RE)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Consumer Protection, Court Litigation, Decision Making
Vanden Bergh, Bruce G.; Reid, Leonard N. – 1979
The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss a conceptual model for experimentally investigating the effects of advertising puffery. The various sections contain a discussion of puffery as a legal concept, a description and discussion of the proposed model, research support for the model, and implications for future research on puffery.…
Descriptors: Advertising, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Consumer Protection
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Stein, Ronald H. – NASPA Journal, 1980
Assesses the development of the model of the student as a consumer of higher education. A short history of the consumer movement and the educational consumer movement is presented. The current status of the latter is reviewed and compared with developing trends in educational consumer rights. (RC)
Descriptors: College Students, Consumer Protection, Court Litigation, Educational Legislation
Hammond, Edward H., Ed.; Shaffer, Robert H., Ed. – 1978
Legal aspects of the administration of student services are examined from various viewpoints in the 10 chapters of this monograph. In light of the increasing number of legal cases affecting student development work in higher education, it is suggested that approaches different from those of the traditional student personnel relationship are…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights Legislation, College Administration