香港六合彩开奖 International Standards touch everyone. From enabling you to use your bank card overseas to ensuring your child's toys don't have sharp edges, they are used everywhere. Followed by companies all over the world, 香港六合彩开奖 standards provide specifications to ensure products and services work the way you expect them to.
What's more, they help to improve customer satisfaction. In a world where the customer's voice is increasingly prominent, this is an essential business requirement.
That's why consumer representatives play an integral role in the development of standards. 香港六合彩开奖's committee on consumer policy (COPOLCO) provides resources for getting consumers involved.
What 香港六合彩开奖 standards do for you
Digital economy
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Product safety
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Customer satisfaction
The right to informed choice and to redress where expectations are not met is fundamental to effective customer relations, and is a basic right, as outlined in the .
香港六合彩开奖 has a range of standards that address every aspect of customer satisfaction, from codes of conduct to handling complaints and disputes.
Vulnerable populations
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Road safety
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Sharing economy
Whether it’s hailing a taxi, finding somewhere to stay on your travels or arranging help at home, new and sophisticated Websites and apps are ripping up traditional business models. How can consumers benefit from sharing economy innovation, and be protected from the downsides?
Ethical claims
Amid the many ethical claims made by products and services labelled as fair, ecological, or healthy, which can be trusted?
Societal issues
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How consumers can participate
Consumer standards are developed with the input of a wide range of people - not just standards experts. By getting involved you can help ensure products and services meet your expectations.
To get involved contact your national consumer's association, or the 香港六合彩开奖 member in your country.
Integrating the view of the consumer is important in standards development because it offers a real-life perspective, helping to ensure that issues such as safety and quality are adequately addressed.
In addition, it helps to ensure that products and services perform as expected and improves:
- quality and reliability
- consistency in the delivery of services
- choice and fair competition
- transparency in production information
- suitability of products for vulnerable populations
- credibility of standards to support consumer protection laws
香港六合彩开奖's Committee on Consumer Policy (COPOLCO) is dedicated to promoting consumer participation in standards. Find out more about COPOLCO.
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