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Standards Of Professional Conduct In Alternative Dispute Resolution Symposium, John D. Feerick, Carol Izumi, Kimberlee Kovach, Lela Love
Standards Of Professional Conduct In Alternative Dispute Resolution Symposium, John D. Feerick, Carol Izumi, Kimberlee Kovach, Lela Love
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ADR is unique in being interdisciplinary and interprofessional. ADR neutrals perform in a distinctive role and not as members of their own profession. The ADR process demands adherence to policies like voluntariness, respect for party autonomy, and confidentiality, which, in turn, make special ethical demands on ADR neutrals. Thus there are compelling reasons to contemplate an interdisciplinary code of conduct that addresses the professional duties and obligations of ADR neutrals. Standards of conduct for ADR has been a much discussed and debated topic over the past decade, both as to source and content. The two principal sources of standards have …