Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): Negotiation

This book shows how we are too reliant on a finite resource, fossil fuels, for our energy and to make many of the products we use. What are the alternatives, and will they be able to meet future demand?

What's Fair is a landmark collection that focuses exclusively on the crucial topic of ethics in negotiation. Edited by Carrie J. Menkel-Meadow and Michael Wheeler, What's Fair contains contributions from some of the best-known practitioners and scholars in the field including Roger Fisher, Howard Raiffa, and Deborah Kolb. The editors and distinguished contributors offer an examination of why ethics matter individually and socially, and explain the essential duties and values of negotiation beyond formal legal requirements. Throughout the book, these experts tackle difficult questions such as: What do we owe our counterparts (if anything) in the way of candor or disclosure? To what extent should we use financial or legal pressure to force settlement? Should we worry about whether an agreement is fair to all the parties, or the effects our negotiated agreements might have on others?

Imagine successfully resolving legal claims without depositions, expert battles, or runaway costs. Picture a process that offers win-win solutions, encourages relationships, and does not involve lawsuits. This is Structured Negotiation, the alternative dispute resolution method described in this ground-breaking book. Lainey Feingold has used Structured Negotiation for two decades to achieve landmark settlements with some of the largest entities in the United States. Now she offers a nuts and bolts guide for attorneys and advocates eager for an effective new strategy to resolve legal claims. Book jacket.