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Consumer organization

Index Consumer organization

Consumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse like unsafe products, predatory lending, false advertising, astroturfing and pollution. [1]

89 relations: Actor analysis, Advertising campaign, Advocacy, Aftermath of World War II, Alliance for Justice, ANEC (organisation), Astroturfing, Automobile repair shop, Better Business Bureau, Boycott, Campaign for Real Ale, Cask ale, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Choice (Australian consumer organisation), Choice (Australian magazine), Citizens Advice, Citizens Advice Scotland, Competition Act 1998, Competition and Markets Authority, Consumentenbond, Consumer Action, Consumer Council for Water, Consumer Council of Fiji, Consumer Direct, Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Federation of California, Consumer Futures, Consumer Guidance Society of India, Consumer protection, Consumer Reports, Consumer Watchdog, Consumer Watchdog (Botswana), Consumers Council of Canada, Consumers International, Consumers Union, Consumers Union of Japan, Consumers' Association of Canada, Consumers' Association of Ireland, Consumers' Federation of Australia, Cost the limit of price, Deutscher Konsumentenbund, Draught beer, Enterprise Act 2002, False advertising, Federal Office of Public Health, Fiji Consumers Association, FlyersRights.org, Food safety, Foodwatch, General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland, ..., Good Garage Scheme, International Consumer Research & Testing, Japan Offspring Fund, Lawsuit, List of consumer organizations, List of corporate collapses and scandals, Lobbying, Major appliance, Mandatory labelling, National Consumer Agency, National Consumers League, Option consommateurs, Pollution, Predatory lending, Product testing, Professional association, Protest, Public Bodies Act 2011, Public Citizen, Public Interest Research Group, Republic of Ireland, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Single-issue politics, Standards organization, Stiftung Warentest, Strike action, Super-complaint, Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations, Switzerland, Test-Achats, The European Consumer Organisation, Trade association, Trade union, Transparency (market), UFC Que Choisir, Umbrella organization, United Kingdom, Vienna, Which?. Expand index (39 more) »

Actor analysis

Actor analysis can be seen as an approach to environmental management.

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Advertising campaign

An advertising campaign is a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme which make up an integrated marketing communication (IMC).

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Advocacy

Advocacy is an activity by an individual or group which aims to influence decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions.

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Aftermath of World War II

The Aftermath of World War II was the beginning of an era defined by the decline of all great powers except for the Soviet Union and the United States, and the simultaneous rise of two superpowers: the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States of America (USA).

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Alliance for Justice

Alliance for Justice (AFJ) is a progressive judicial advocacy group in the United States.

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ANEC (organisation)

ANEC, formally the European Association for the Co-ordination of Consumer Representation in Standardisation (known informally as 'the European consumer voice in standardisation'), is an organisation promoting and defending the collective European consumer interest in the process of standardization, and in related fields such as conformity assessment (e.g.certification), market surveillance and enforcement.

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Astroturfing

Astroturfing is the practice of masking the sponsors of a message or organization (e.g., political, advertising, religious or public relations) to make it appear as though it originates from and is supported by a grassroots participant(s).

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Automobile repair shop

An automobile repair shop (also known regionally as a garage or a workshop) is an establishment where automobiles are repaired by auto mechanics and technicians.

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Better Business Bureau

The Better Business Bureau (BBB), founded in 1912, is an organization focused on advancing marketplace trust, consisting of 106 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) in Arlington, Virginia.

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Boycott

A boycott is an act of voluntary and intentional abstention from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons.

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Campaign for Real Ale

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is an independent voluntary consumer organisation headquartered in St Albans, England, which promotes real ale, real cider and the traditional British pub.

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Cask ale

Cask ale or cask-conditioned beer is unfiltered and unpasteurised beer which is conditioned (including secondary fermentation) and served from a cask without additional nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure.

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Center for Science in the Public Interest

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit watchdog and consumer advocacy group that advocates for safer and healthier foods.

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Choice (Australian consumer organisation)

Choice is an Australian not for profit consumer organisation, previously known as the Australasian Consumers' Association.

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Choice (Australian magazine)

Choice is a publication of the Australian consumer organisation of that name, a non-profit organisation founded in 1959 (as the Australian Consumers Association) to research and advocate on behalf of Australian consumers.

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Citizens Advice

Citizens AdviceCitizens Advice is the operating name of The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureau which is the umbrella charity for a wider network of local advice centres.

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Citizens Advice Scotland

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), formally the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (SACAB), is a registered charity.

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Competition Act 1998

The Competition Act 1998 is the current major source of competition law in the United Kingdom, along with the Enterprise Act 2002.

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Competition and Markets Authority

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is a non-ministerial government department in the United Kingdom, responsible for strengthening business competition and preventing and reducing anti-competitive activities.

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Consumentenbond

The Consumentenbond (CB, "Consumers' League") is a Dutch non-profit organization which promotes consumer protection.

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Consumer Action

Consumer Action is a nonprofit, consumer education and advocacy center, serving consumers in the United States.

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Consumer Council for Water

The Consumer Council for Water (CCWater) is a non-departmental public body that represents water and sewerage consumers in England and Wales.

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Consumer Council of Fiji

The Consumer Council of Fiji is a statutory consumer agency that promotes and lobbies for consumer rights and interests in the Fiji Islands.

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Consumer Direct

Consumer Direct was a Government-funded call centre providing basic consumer advice in the United Kingdom.

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Consumer Federation of America

The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1968 to advance consumer interests through research, education and advocacy.

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Consumer Federation of California

The Consumer Federation of California (CFC) was founded in 1960 as a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization.

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Consumer Futures

The New National Consumer Council, operating as Consumer Futures, was a non-departmental public body and statutory consumer organisation in England, Wales, Scotland, and, for postal services, Northern Ireland.

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Consumer Guidance Society of India

The Consumer Guidance Society of India (CGSI) is a Non-Profit consumer organization established in India in 1966 to protect and educate the Indian consumer about sub-standard products and services, adulterated foods, short weights and measures, spurious and hazardous drugs, exorbitant prices, endemic shortages leading to black marketing and profiteering, unfulfilled manufacture guarantees, and a host of other problems.

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Consumer protection

In regulatory jurisdictions that provide for this (a list including most or all developed countries with free market economies) consumer protection is a group of laws and organizations designed to ensure the rights of consumers, as well as fair trade, competition, and accurate information in the marketplace.

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Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports is an American magazine published since 1930 by Consumers Union, a nonprofit organization dedicated to unbiased product testing, consumer-oriented research, public education, and advocacy.

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Consumer Watchdog

Consumer Watchdog (formerly the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights) is a non-profit, progressive organization which advocates for taxpayer and consumer interests, with a focus on insurance, health care, political reform, privacy and energy.

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Consumer Watchdog (Botswana)

Consumer Watchdog is a division of Business & Enterprise Solutions Botswana (Pty) Ltd, a privately owned company registered in Botswana and based in Gaborone.

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Consumers Council of Canada

The Consumers Council of Canada is a non-profit, volunteer-based consumer organization, promoting consumer rights and responsibilities in Canada.

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Consumers International

Consumers International is the membership organisation for consumer groups around the world.

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Consumers Union

Consumers Union (CU) is a United States-based non-profit organization focusing on product testing, investigative journalism, and consumer advocacy.

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Consumers Union of Japan

or CUJ was founded in 1969 by Takeuchi Naokazu.

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Consumers' Association of Canada

The Consumers’ Association of Canada, founded in 1947, is a Canadian independent, charitable, volunteer-based, consumer organization.

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Consumers' Association of Ireland

The Consumers' Association of Ireland Ltd.

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Consumers' Federation of Australia

The Consumers' Federation of Australia (CFA) is Australia's umbrella consumer advocacy group.

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Cost the limit of price

Cost the limit of price was a maxim coined by Josiah Warren, indicating a (prescriptive) version of the labor theory of value.

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Deutscher Konsumentenbund

Deutscher Konsumentenbund (German Consumers' Federation) is a European consumer advocacy group based in Kassel.

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Draught beer

Draught beer, also spelt draft, is beer served from a cask or keg rather than from a bottle or can.

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Enterprise Act 2002

The Enterprise Act 2002 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which made major changes to UK competition law with respect to mergers and also changed the law governing insolvency bankruptcy.

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False advertising

False advertising is the use of false, misleading, or unproven information to advertise products to consumers or advertising that does not disclose its source.

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Federal Office of Public Health

The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) is the Swiss federal government’s centre for public health and a part of the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs.

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Fiji Consumers Association

The Fiji Consumers Association (FCA) is a non-profit, voluntary civil society group in the Fiji Islands.

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FlyersRights.org

FlyersRights.org is an American not-for-profit organization that supports legislation protecting the rights of airline passengers, improving visibility in the reporting of tarmac delays by commercial airlines and distance between the rows of airline seats.

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Food safety

Food safety is a scientific discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent food-borne illness.

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Foodwatch

Foodwatch is a European advocacy group that focuses on protecting consumer rights as they pertain to food quality.

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General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

The General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland (GCCNI) was created by the Government in 1985 and is funded by the Department for the Economy (DfE).

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Good Garage Scheme

Good Garage Scheme is a series of same name automobile repair shop monitoring schemes in the United Kingdom (UK), claiming to improve industry repair standards for the benefit of consumers.

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International Consumer Research & Testing

International Consumer Research & Testing (ICRT) is a global consortium of more than 40 consumer organisations dedicated to carrying out joint research and testing in the consumer interest.

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Japan Offspring Fund

Japan Offspring Fund was established in 1984 and is registered as a Non-Political Organization (NPO).

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Lawsuit

A lawsuit (or suit in law) is "a vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause instituted or depending between two private persons in the courts of law." A lawsuit is any proceeding by a party or parties against another in a court of law.

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List of consumer organizations

This is a list of consumer organizations.

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List of corporate collapses and scandals

A corporate collapse typically involves the insolvency or bankruptcy of a major business enterprise.

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Lobbying

Lobbying, persuasion, or interest representation is the act of attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of officials in their daily life, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies.

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Major appliance

A major appliance, or domestic appliance, is a large machine in home appliance used for routine housekeeping tasks such as cooking, washing laundry, or food preservation.

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Mandatory labelling

Mandatory labelling or labeling (see spelling differences) is the requirement of consumer products to state their ingredients or components.

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National Consumer Agency

The National Consumer Agency (NCA; Gníomhaireacht Náisiúnta Tomhaltoirí) was a statutory body enforcing consumer protection in Ireland from 2007 to 2014, when it amalgamated with the Competition Authority to form the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.

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National Consumers League

The National Consumers League, founded in 1899, is an American consumer organization.

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Option consommateurs

Option consommateurs is a non-profit consumer organization dedicated to promoting and defending the interests of Canadian consumers.

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Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.

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Predatory lending

Predatory lending is the unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent practices of some lenders during the loan origination process.

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Product testing

Product testing, also called consumer testing or comparative testing, is a process of measuring the properties or performance of products.

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Professional association

A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) is usually a nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession and the public interest.

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Protest

A protest (also called a remonstrance, remonstration or demonstration) is an expression of bearing witness on behalf of an express cause by words or actions with regard to particular events, policies or situations.

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Public Bodies Act 2011

The Public Bodies Act 2011 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Public Citizen

Public Citizen is a non-profit, liberal / progressive consumer rights advocacy group and think tank based in Washington, D.C., United States, with a branch in Austin, Texas.

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Public Interest Research Group

Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) are a federation of U.S. and Canadian non-profit organizations that employ grassroots organizing and direct advocacy with the goal of effecting liberal political change.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (DEBEIS), or informally Business Secretary, is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government.

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Single-issue politics

Single-issue politics involves political campaigning or political support based on one essential policy area or idea.

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Standards organization

A standards organization, standards body, standards developing organization (SDO), or standards setting organization (SSO) is an organization whose primary activities are developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting, or otherwise producing technical standards that are intended to address the needs of a group of affected adopters.

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Stiftung Warentest

Stiftung Warentest is a German consumer organisation and foundation involved in investigating and comparing goods and services in an unbiased way.

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Strike action

Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.

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Super-complaint

A super-complaint is a complaint made in the UK by a state-approved 'super-complainant'/watchdog organisation on behalf of consumers, which was fast-tracked to a higher authority such as the Office of Fair Trading (prior to its dissolution on 1 April 2014).

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Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations

The Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations, founded in 2010, is the umbrella organisation of the three Swiss consumer organisations.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Test-Achats

Test Aankoop (Dutch) or Test Achats (French) is a Belgian non-profit organization which promotes consumer protection.

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The European Consumer Organisation

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC, from the French name Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs, "European Bureau of Consumers' Unions") is an umbrella consumers' group, founded in 1962.

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Trade association

A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Transparency (market)

In economics, a market is transparent if much is known by many about: What products and services or capital assets are available, market depth (quantity available), what price, and where.

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UFC Que Choisir

UFC Que Choisir (official name: Union fédérale des consommateurs, "federal union of consumers") is a French consumers group.

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Umbrella organization

An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien) is the federal capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria.

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Which?

Which? is a brand name used by the Consumers' Association, a registered charity (No. 296072) and company limited by guarantee (No. 580128), which is based in the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_organization

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