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Do Arbitrators Have A Duty To Report Corruption? Maybe . . . Maybe Not, Hussain Alobaidi Feb 2014

Do Arbitrators Have A Duty To Report Corruption? Maybe . . . Maybe Not, Hussain Alobaidi

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This paper explores whether arbitrators’ have a duty to report corruption or not. It is divided into two parts. In part one, the paper presents the legal status of arbitrators by introducing the contractual, judicial and hybrid theories. Also, it examines the national laws of the US, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia to establish whether there is a legal duty to report or not. In the second part, the paper defines both confidentiality and public policy, and shows where the conflict between the two exists. On the one hand, arbitrators have a duty to protect confidentiality. On the other hand, arbitrators …