Voluntary standards are a non-mandatory set of standards that help guide the manufacturing of consumer products. There are a multitude of different standards for any product. These standards account for potential dangers and are an important aspect of making products safer for consumers. However, standards development processes lack consumer representation. Standards development organizations and the CPSC value consumer input, as consumers are the ones using the products. Therefore, they are searching for ways to increase consumer participation in this process. Our project, we created three deliverables to aid the CPSC in increasing consumer participation in voluntary standards through awareness and education.

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Creator

• Lazarus, Shaina
• Radenberg, Harry
• Lewis, Winston

Subject

• Industry
• Learning
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 115120
• E-project-121323-173605

Keyword

• Products
• CPSC
• Standards
• Consumers

Advisor

• Mathews, Lauren M.
• Hall-Phillips, Adrienne

Year

• 2023

Center

• Washington, DC Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Date created

• 2023-12-13

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-121323-173605

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2024-02-08