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First Principles of Business Law |
| The regulation of undesirable business practices |
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5. Protection against unfair business practices |
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5.11. Harrassment or coercion |
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A is employed by a telephone company to go door to door in the evenings and tell householders about the terms on which telephone services can be bought. A visits B's house, but B says she is not interested. A goes away, but comes again the next day, and the next, hoping that, by showing polite persistence, he will persuade B to listen to him. Although B asks him to stop coming to her house, A believes that he is entitled to approach her each day. |
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(a) A's behaviour, although polite, amounts to coercion or harassment, and as such is prohibited and penalised by the ACL. (b) A's behaviour, because it is always non-threatening and polite, does not amount to coercion or harassment, and is not prohibited or penalised by the ACL. |
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