A few years ago, a propane deliveryman installing a new tank to replace an old rusted one told me the new one was really junk because the government had written substandard regulations on its size and composition.
Seafarers from developed countries must make themselves competititve if they wish to take advantage and practice in a global environment., thirteen flag states have been found by international shipping organizations to have substandard regulations.
Following an investigation on substandard safety regulations stretching back to 2003, China executed the head of its food and drug administration for taking $850,000 in bribes from substandard medicine manufacturers, and the owner of Mattel's biggest supplier hanged himself in his toy factory.
Following an investigation on substandard safety regulations stretching back to 2003, China executed the head of their food and drug administration for taking $850,000 in bribes from substandard medicine manufacturers, and the owner of Mattel's biggest supplier hanged himself in his toy factory.
Practically speaking, it means changing a product in some way to try to squeeze more value out of it - watering it down, using substandard ingredients, skipping a rule or regulation or two.
In the mid-aughts, journalists and human-rights groups began documenting lax safety regulations and substandard living conditions across the region.
Mr Correa himself admitted last month that Ecuador's sanitary regulations were substandard.Some precautions should be easy to implement, like requiring methanol to be sold coloured and scented so that it can be easily recognised.
Most low-wage foreign workers in the Gulf are bound to their employers by an informal system known as kafala, or "sponsorship". In the mid-aughts, journalists and human-rights groups began documenting lax safety regulations and substandard living conditions across the region.
Internet speeds, consumer product safety oversight, and environmental regulations are all substandard in the United States because the government turns these crucial responsibilities over to the regulated industries, ostensibly to save money.
As unionized trucking outfits were squeezed off the road and loose regulations led to substandard conditions, a new demographic of the long-haul trucker emerged: "less educated, less stable, less tied to unions, less rooted in family life," and more likely to land on the suspect list in a homicide case.
Substandard wages, an easing of affirmative action regulation and a housing lottery that will help a tiny sliver of people apparently are considered good enough for poor families along the Gulf Coast left homeless by Katrina.
