1. Ethics/Warranties

2. PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010
Bellwork
You just bought a new skateboard. The first time using it, a wheel falls off; you go head first into a bush and break your arm.
Do you have any legal options regarding this scenario?
Be prepared to share with the class
PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010

3. PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010
OBJECTIVES
1. Define terms related to regulatory agencies 2. Identify major regulatory agencies that affect businesses in the United States.
PROPERTY OF PIMA COUNTY JTED, 2010

4. Vocabulary
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)-Protects consumer safety by regulating the sale and production of many different consumer goods, such as barbecue grills and pools.
Keeping you safe from harmful
products

5. Vocabulary
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-Develops and enforces environmental regulations; Studies environmental issues and creates public-private partnerships to improve the environment. .

6. Vocabulary
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)-Enforces federal employment discrimination laws.

7. Vocabulary
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)-Protects consumers against unfair, deceptive or fraudulent practices; enforces federal truth-in-advertising laws, helps ensure fair competition
Think advertising. The product cures cancer!!!...but it doesn’t…

8. Vocabulary
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-Responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement.

11. Vocabulary
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)-Enforces federal worker safety and health legislation

13. Vocabulary
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-Protects investors against fraud; maintains fair, orderly, and efficient financial markets; regulates U.S. securities markets to promote consumer protection and eliminate harmful anti-competitive business practices.

15. Sort the cards and match them to the scenario they best match.
Be prepared to share
12. Sort
teacher provides lists of items, ideas, concepts, statements, tools, etc. on individual cards
teacher instructs small groups of students to sort these items
teacher asks groups to assign a label for each of their groups
teacher calls on non-volunteer groups to present while other groups check to see if the original groups’ labels match theirs

16. Project Pick any three government agencies Write your own definition
Provide an example
Add a picture related to the agency

17. Closure
Why would you have to be familiar with these agencies if you worked as an assistant in an office?
Share with a partner.