Funeral Related Ethics and Consumer Advocacy Organizations
| Funeral Consumers Alliance | Dedicated to a consumer's right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral. | Filed a lawsuit in federal court in California seeking to stop the country's three largest funeral homes chains and the nation's largest casket maker) Service Corporation International, Alderwoods Group, Inc., Stewart Enterprises, Inc., and Batesville Casket Company) from shutting out competition and fixing casket prices at artificially high levels. |
| Interfaith Funeral Information Committee | Funeral
Rip-offs in the States
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By 1997, church groups and Knights of Columbus had opened twelve co-op mortuaries in the Provinces of Prince Edward Island (7 mortuaries), New Brunswick (4) and Nova Scotia (1). |
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"Promotes and advances the ethical practice of funeral service – a balanced forum for resolving misunderstandings and to elevate the importance of ethical practices in all matters related to funeral service." |
"After you have read the 'Manual of Professional Practice' and the ethics segments, you will have reinforced your ethical decision making abilities and will be ready to participate in the game portion of 'Undertaking Ethics'. Sample case studies require you to evaluate and choose the best solution among four choices." |
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| Funeral Ethics Organization | Promotes ethical dealings in all death-related transactions by working for better understanding of ethical issues among funeral, cemetery, memorial industry practitioners, law enforcement, organ procurement organizations, and state agencies, as well as better understanding between these and the general public. |