Unethical consumption practices

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.

1. Many of the environmentally harmful effects of agricultural production on the environment appear to be local and of immediate concern only to the local population and particular producers. However, consumers of the products also have stake in preventing harmful effects and in encouraging environmentally preferable development. Satisfying the needs of future generations of consumer is inextricably linked to the preservation of productive capacities in the producing areas. Present customers owe it to future customers to help preserve these capabilities.

1. Unethical practices
2. Excessive consumption of resources in industrialized countries

1. Unnecessary personal consumption
2. Unethical practices by property tenants
3. Unethical Internet practices
4. Unethical insurance practices
5. Substance abuse
6. Return of purchases
7. Poaching
8. Panic consumer buying
9. Illegal long-distance telephone calls
10. Human consumption of animals
11. Fast fashion
12. Excessive consumption of goods and services
13. Dumping of consumer waste products
14. Credit card fraud
15. Conspicuous consumption by international civil servants
16. Computer piracy
17. Carnivorism

1. Unnecessary gadgets
2. Unethical practices in natural resource management
3. Unethical practices in manufacturing
4. Underground economy
5. Production serving false consumption needs
6. Personal debt
7. Natural resource depletion due to high-level consumption
8. Maldistribution of resources
9. Maldistribution of energy consumption
10. Extravagant life style
11. Environmental hazards from agricultural and pastoral activities
12. Anti-consumerism

1. Unethical practices in the apparel industry
2. Sustenance determined priorities
3. Retarded socialization
4. Misuse of advertising
5. Incompetent household management
6. Excessive demand for goods in capitalist systems
7. Consumerism
8. Consumer vulnerability

1. Misrepresentation of information to consumers
2. Illegal occupation of unoccupied property
3. Food hoarding
4. Consumer dissatisfaction

1. Using products illegally
2. Using products
3. Uncoupling consumption from resource consumption
4. Promoting consumer advocacy
5. Improving consumption practices
6. Enabling equitable resource use
7. Corrupting the consumer sector
8. Being fraudulent

1. Irresponsibility
2. Unethical
3. Poverty
4. Abuse
5. Corruption
6. Illegality
7. Fraud