In an era when free enterprise is the key to an efficient, productive, and successful country, business sometimes digresses from their true duties of producing goods and services at an honest and decent price. Consumer Alert, founded in 1977, was founded with a single purpose in mind: 'to advance the consumer interest through advocacy of free-market solutions to consumer dissatisfaction and scrutiny of any action which discourages competition in the marketplace.'         Consumer Alert was founded …showed first 75 words of 788 total…

…showed last 75 words of 788 total…The group supports the third rule of Lineberry's traditional democratic theory: enlightened understanding. With offices in Washington DC, Consumer Alert has individual members in all 50 states, and along with their bimonthly publication, Consumer Alert does a good job of 'alerting' consumers and allowing them to have a louder voice in today's marketplace. WORKS CITED Jaszczak, Sandra. Ed. Encyclopedia of Associations. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1996. Consumer Alert World Wide Web site: Zipperer, Rich. Consumer Comments June 1996, Vol. 20.