Graded Homework

1. what responsibility should the manufacturer of toxic chemicals have for harmful efforts that they have years after their initial manufacture and sale? should manufacturers have foreseen such harms, or should they be liable even if they didn’t know about potential hams?

2.what public policy approach would be most reasonable to protect consumers from harmful products? how might market and economics forces play roles in protecting consumers?

3. what responsibility do manufactures have in the design and use of harmful products?

4. should manufacturers have a responsibility to take back their products after their useful consumer life? how might life cycle responsibility change the ways products are designed, manufactured, and sold?