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Code: 4.3.1 · Children and youth

Consumers’ rights and responsibilities

Descriptors

Knowledge

What you can do at this level

  • Kage:6-10

    Aware that consumers have rights and responsibilities

  • Kage:11-15

    Understands that there can be negative consequences for consumers who do not meet their responsibilities (e.g. failure to repay a loan can lead to fees, higher costs of credit and restricted access to credit in the future, etc.)

Skill

What you can do at this level

  • Sage:11-15

    Can give examples of basic rights of a consumer (e.g. related to price disclosure, returns, withdrawal, complaint, redress, etc.)

  • Sage:11-15

    Can give examples of basic responsibilities of a consumer (e.g. repaying debt, providing relevant information to financial service providers, etc.)

  • Sage:16-18

    Can exercise basic rights as a consumer of financial products and services

Attitude

What you can do at this level

  • Aage:16-18

    Confident to file a complaint and seek redress from relevant entities (financial provider, relevant public authorities, or alternative dispute resolution bodies, etc.) in case of any problems with financial service providers

  • Aage:16-18

    Motivated to look for information on consumer complaints, supervisory warnings, or enforcement actions taken against a particular financial service provider

Learning outcome types
K — What you need to know: theoretical understanding and factual information.
S — What you can do: practical and technical abilities.
A — How you approach things: values, dispositions and behaviours.