Problem
Unethical consumption practices
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Irresponsible consumersCorruption in the consumer sector
Illegal use of products
Fraudulent consumers
Illegal activities of consumer organizations
Abuse of consumer rights
Poor consumption practices
Incidence:
Statistics from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP, reported to Rio+5 conference in 1997, are that less than a quarter of the world's population consumes three-quarters of its raw materials and produces 75 percent of all solid waste. A child born in the United States will have 30 times more impact on the Earth's environment during his or her lifetime than a child born in India.
Narrower Problems:
PoachingCarnivorismComputer piracySubstance abuseCredit card fraudReturn of purchasesPanic consumer buyingHuman consumption of animalsUnethical Internet practicesUnethical insurance practicesUnnecessary personal consumptionDumping of consumer waste productsIllegal long-distance telephone callsUnethical practices by property tenantsExcessive consumption of goods and servicesConspicuous consumption by international civil servantsFast fashion Related Problems:
Food hoardingConsumer dissatisfactionIllegal occupation of unoccupied propertyMisrepresentation of information to consumers Aggravates:
Personal debtAnti-consumerismUnnecessary gadgetsUnderground economyExtravagant life styleMaldistribution of resourcesUnethical practices in manufacturingMaldistribution of energy consumptionProduction serving false consumption needsUnethical practices in natural resource managementNatural resource depletion due to high-level consumptionEnvironmental hazards from agricultural and pastoral activitiesEnvironmental hazards from agricultural and pastoral activities Strategies:
Enabling equitable resource useUncoupling consumption from resource consumptionPromoting consumer advocacyImproving consumption practicesCorrupting the consumer sectorBeing fraudulentUsing products illegallyUsing products Subject(s):
Action → Action Amenities → Consumers
Amenities → Consumption
Industry → Products
Innovative change → Change
Law → Legality
Societal Problems → Corruption
Societal Problems → Crime
Societal Problems → Irresponsibility
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Society → Disadvantaged
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
C: Cross-sectoral problems Date of last update
09.09.2021 – 19:19 CEST