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Profiteering
Profiteering is a pejorative term for the act of making a profit by methods considered unethical.[page needed]
Business owners may be accused of profiteering when they raise prices during an emergency (especially a war).[page needed] The term is also applied to businesses that play on political corruption to obtain government contracts.
Some types of profiteering are illegal, such as price fixing[page needed] syndicates, for example on fuel subsidies (see British Airways price-fixing allegations), and other anti-competitive behaviour. Some are restricted by industry codes of conduct, e.g. aggressive marketing of products in the Third World such as baby milk (see Nestlé boycott).
Profiteering is illegal in several countries, including but not limited to:
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Profiteering
Profiteering is a pejorative term for the act of making a profit by methods considered unethical.[page needed]
Business owners may be accused of profiteering when they raise prices during an emergency (especially a war).[page needed] The term is also applied to businesses that play on political corruption to obtain government contracts.
Some types of profiteering are illegal, such as price fixing[page needed] syndicates, for example on fuel subsidies (see British Airways price-fixing allegations), and other anti-competitive behaviour. Some are restricted by industry codes of conduct, e.g. aggressive marketing of products in the Third World such as baby milk (see Nestlé boycott).
Profiteering is illegal in several countries, including but not limited to: