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<h3><strong>Protecting the Public's Interests (C-4)</strong></h3>
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<em><strong>"I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of man." </strong></em><br /> <br /><em>-</em>Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States<br /> <br />Protecting the public’s interest is the responsibility of governments and their executive agencies. Decisions made concerning the allocation of public resources to the provision and delivery of public goods and services is guided by the need to protect the public’s interests. The interpretation of what represents the public’s interest may vary at any point in time among stakeholders. Consequently there is ongoing debate among lobbyists, who are often more concerned about the special interests of individuals, groups and firms than about the interests of the larger community and society as a whole.<br /> <br />Overall, those concerned with protecting the public’s interest focus on issues related to public safety and welfare, and what will be of long-term public benefit. They are interested in the development and implementation of public policy. According to Harold D. Lasswell (1990), essentially, public policy determines “who gets what, when, and how”. Policy making can involve lengthy disputes over what is best for the public at a particular juncture. Governments can rarely afford to attend to all demands from their constituents, hence the rivalry among constituents for attention to specific needs.<br /> <br />The debate about what is best for the public has traditionally been resolved by applying rational economic decision-making, in terms of achieving the most returns on the least investment. The rational for this approach is careful management of public resources. In recent decades other approaches to protecting the public interests have been developed. These include, for example, organization-based strategies, where the competence and capacity of the organization are taken in to consideration when determining governments’ potential for being effective.<br /> <br />Promoting ethical behavior among public officials is one of the key aspects of protecting the public’s interests.
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Florence Kelley, Secretary, National Consumers' League
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<h4><a href="https://vmps.omeka.net/exhibits/show/public-protection-interests/public-protection-interests">Return to Protecting Public Interest</a></h4>
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To live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility.
Florence Kelley, National Consumers League website
Portrait of Florence Kelley, the founder of first general secretary of the National Consumers' League. This photograph is part of the Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller scrapbook collection. These scrapbooks were compiled between 1897 and 1911 by Anne and her mother Elizabeth. They were created to commemorate the business of the Geneva Political Equality Club (which the two founded in 1897), but they also recorded information relating to women's suffrage.
The National Consumers League, the oldest consumer organization in the United States, was founded in 1899 by social reformers Jane Addams and Josephine Lowell. It was created during the Progressive Era and works "to protect and promote social and economic justice for consumers and workers in the United States and abroad."
Florence Kelley was the League's first general secretary, and she began by exposing child labor and other poor working conditions. She was very active throughout the early 1900s, working to protect workers from exploitation, creating federal child labor restrictions, and writing state minimum wage laws for women. Kelley continued to lead for 33 years.
Later, Eleanor Roosevelt would serve as vice president. During this time, the League began to focus on the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, a piece of legislation that addressed everything from industrial homework to minimum wage. The League continued to advocate for issues such as national health insurance and social security legislation. From 1943-1958, new emphasis was placed on issues such as equal pay for women and disability coverage, and the priorities continued to expand through the following decades, covering topics like worker and food safety, health assistance, and consumer education.
Today, the Consumers League works to protect consumers and workers, bringing issues to the attention of Congress and the President and uniting consumer and labor groups. They promote medication safety, work closely with government agencies (e.g., the Department of Labor and the Food and Drug Administration), improve working conditions for migrant workers, and fight for product safety.
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Part of the Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller scrapbooks
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For Further Exploration Please Visit <a href="http://www.nclnet.org">http://www.nclnet.org</a>
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Medium: Photomechanical Print.
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Library of Congress
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Library of Congress
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English
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Child Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act, Florence Kelley, National Consumers' League, Safety, Workers
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Child Labor
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