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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Damage to goods

Damage to goods

  • Damaged merchandise
  • Risk of damage to stock

Nature

The retailer, wholesaler, manufacturer and customer lose from having merchandise damaged. Goods can be damaged by vandals or disgruntled employees, by accidents or by acts of nature.

Claim

Chipped dishes never break.

Broader

Property damage
Unpresentable

Narrower

Insect damage to stored and manufactured goods
Presentable

Aggravates

Inadequate recall procedures for unsafe products
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Radiation accidents
Excellent
Lightning
Presentable
Injurious explosions
Presentable
Injurious accidents
Presentable
Fires
Presentable
Mechanical failure
Unpresentable
Inadequate packaging
Unpresentable

Strategy

Using packaging
Unpresentable
Reducing risk of damage to stock
Yet to rate

Value

Risk-aversion
Yet to rate
Risk
Yet to rate
Damage
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Merchandise
  • Societal problems » Destruction
  • Societal problems » Hazards
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E4447
    DOCID
    11544470
    D7NID
    151403
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020