Deck 61: Legal and Ethical Issues in Environmental Protection and Consumer Rights

Question 1

Mongo Ltd., a resource processor and refiner, generates waste that is discharged into the air and water, contaminating the environment, which includes foreign countries. It has been shown that the quickest, most effective, and most efficient way to reduce pollution is most likely

A) economic development.
B) environmental education.
C) international protocols.
D) persuasive debating points.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Global warming can raise sea levels, which threatens coastal property. Carbon dioxide can contribute to global warming. Massachusetts filed a suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to compel it to regulate carbon dioxide, which is emitted from motor vehicles. According to the United States Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. EPA, the state

A) did not have standing to sue because the harm has not occurred.
B) did not have standing to sue because the harm may be widespread.
C) had standing to sue because its residents drive motor vehicles.
D) had standing to sue because of the imminent threat to its coast.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Credit Compilers, Inc. (CCI), a credit-reporting agency, sells data about consumers to merchants and others. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, CCI must

A) not allow consumers to challenge the information.
B) not sell data about consumers who request to be "blacklisted."
C) report the data accurately.
D) tell consumers when the data is sold.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Cold Calls Corporation a telemarketing firm, files a suit to block the enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) amendment to the Telemarketing Sales Rule establishing a national "do not call" list, on the ground that it violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The court is most likely to hold that

A) the "do not call" list is constitutional.
B) the FTC exceeded its authority.
C) the Telemarketing Sales Rule should be suspended pending review.
D) this claim is illegal.

Question 5

Reducing emissions from motor vehicles can make them more expensive to buy and maintain. Among the emissions is carbon dioxide, which can contribute to global warming. According to the United States Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with respect to carbon dioxide, the Clean Air Act

A) gives the EPA the authority to regulate.
B) prohibits the EPA from regulating because the increased expense.
C) requires the EPA to regulate because of the threat of global warming.
D) says nothing about such regulation.

Question 6

Gabe owns Hazard Landfill, a toxic waste dump that must be cleaned up. Ethical questions arise, with respect to the clean up, because

A) everyone knows the cost.
B) no one knows the cost.
C) only Gabe knows the cost.
D) only the Environmental Protection Agency knows the cost.