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Risks: Canadian Franchise Association, CFA, Ombudsman, no franchisee accountability
Ombudsman, franchisee must sign gag order 1st, Ombudsman, risk of information going to franchisor, Canada, 20020201 Franchise
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20020201-franchise-franchise-ombudsman-program
, Bankruptcy, Ombudsman, franchisee must sign gag order 1st, Ombudsman, funded by franchisors & suppliers, Code of ethics, almost never enforced, Bank refuses to provide mandatory documents
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20041222-cfa-complaint
party attacks
Intimidation through lawyers
Kill the messenger
Libel chill
McLibel
Media is sued
Money swears
Ombudsman, franchisee must sign gag order 1st
Punished for talking to police
Punished
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/the-marriage:the-separation
idea that politicians are relevant
Oligopoly: operates essentially the same as a monopoly
Ombudsman
Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments, Canada
Ombudsman, franchisee must sign gag order 1st
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/risks
lawyers
Iowa Franchise Investment Act, United States
McPuppetry
Mediation
Mediation as information gathering
Ombudsman
Ombudsman, franchisee must sign gag order 1st
Ombudsman, no franchisee accountability
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20030121-information-sharing
dispute resolution mechanism
Appropriate franchise law
Ban corporate and union political donations
Ban gag orders
Ban junk food
Ban waivers of legal rights
Boycott
Buying an existing outlet even
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/the-marriage:the-souring
-dog), Ombudsman, funded by franchisors & suppliers, Imbalance of information and power, Canada: most heavily franchised economy in world, Ombudsman, franchisee must sign gag order 1st, Ombudsman
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20011025-cfa-public
a financial time bomb, Canadian Franchise Association, CFA, Ombudsman, franchisee must sign gag order 1st, Ombudsman, funded by franchisors & suppliers, Ombudsman, risk of information going
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20030601-sour-dough
Kroc, Harlan Sanders and Dave Thomas shook a franchisee's hand and asked them to sign a four-page agreement.
These are reliance relationships: a relatively superior, experienced franchisor entering
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20050225-franchising-opportunism
, Ombudsman, Power to publish offenders name, Grange Report, 5,000 new lawsuits per year in Ontario, Canada, Gag orders (confidentiality agreements), Abandonment, Canadian Alliance of Franchise Operators, CAFO, Corporate stores competing with franchisees, Renewing contract much tougher, Canada, 20000309 Franchise law
http://www.wikidfranchise.org/20000309-franchise-law
