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Regulatory and practical issues of unfair commercial practices. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper deals with the problematic detection of the limits of unfair commercial prohibition institute that recently emerged in European consumer law. Some time ago the Community legislation of consumer protection did not cover all areas and dealt only
Bedugnis, Vitalij,
core  

Two centuries of Begonia exploration in the Philippines: Progress and challenges associated with a megadiverse genus in the Global South

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Megadiverse genera represent the highest concentration of plant diversity, but these plants are also located primarily in countries in the Global South where huge gaps in botanical knowledge remain. This study summarized two centuries of Begonia collection records in the Philippines to show how historical events coincide with collection and taxonomic ...
Mark Angelo C. Bucay   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing Times: A Structure/Agency Perspective on Becoming a Science Teacher in a Competitive, Exam‐Based Teacher Selection System

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While extensive research exists on science teacher shortages, less attention has been directed toward countries facing the opposite challenge: an oversupply of science teachers. This study examines the experiences of prospective science teachers in South Korea, where passing a high‐stakes, annual competitive examination is a prerequisite for ...
Wonyong Park, Heesoo Ha
wiley   +1 more source

Green standards and grey areas : the EU Sustainable Finance Framework and the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

open access: yes
This study examines whether the marketing of financial products that formally comply with the European Union (EU) Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the EU Taxonomy Regulation (EU Taxonomy) may still constitute an unfair commercial ...
Rogge, Niels, Geeroms, Laura
core   +1 more source

Hidden Costs of Ethical Fashion: Sustainable Development Goals and Garment Worker Exploitation in Bangladesh

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across garment factories in the Global South, the promise of “ethical fashion” coexists with poverty wages and retaliation. This study examines why the global call for decent work has not improved labor conditions in Bangladesh's ready‐made garment industry.
Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana
wiley   +1 more source

Prohibited Plants: Converging Sustainability Transitions and Local Development in ‘Left‐Behind Places’

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between sustainability transitions and local development through the case of Colombia's medicinal cannabis industry. It highlights how neglecting place‐specific needs and development expectations can hinder equitable transitions and reinforce existing socio‐economic disparities.
Diana Morales, Mónica Ramos‐Mejía
wiley   +1 more source

Green instrumentalism and the law of unfair commercial practices. Empowerment, responsibility, and market rationality

open access: yes
Having reached its twentieth anniversary, the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (UCPD) is undergoing a significant reform. The chapter addresses the argument put forward by the Commission, which describes the ongoing reforms as intended to facilitate
Comparato, Guido
core   +3 more sources

Developing and Testing a Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Financial Tool

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) represents a paradigm shift in the provision of safely managed sanitation services with a framework of three outcomes—equity, safety and sustainability. There are several sanitation financial tools, but none of these fully address all CWIS outcomes. Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Financial Tool (CWIS‐FiT) is
Camila Silva Franco   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unfair commercial practices used by the Czech retailers

open access: yes, 2018
This bachelor thesis is focused on unfair commercial practices and consumer protection. First of all it explains basic concepts such as commerce, retail, wholesale, businessman or consumer and next it devotes to unfair commercial practices.
VÍTKOVÁ, Karolína
core  

National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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