Just cause across industries: VI. Media, Communications, and Technology
The panelists use a hypothetical discharge to analyze just cause pertaining to the use of new technologies.
conflict of interest
Arbitration in a fishbowl: The ethics of disclosure 1. Introduction
The author addresses whether arbitrators face improper conflicts of interest when trying to please repeat-player clients or when serving as party-appointed arbitrator advocates.
Ethical boundaries between arbitrators and the parties
A discussion of the ethical responsibilities of arbitrators, including the duty to disclose any factor that a reasonable person might regard as material. Methods of… Read More »Ethical boundaries between arbitrators and the parties
Employee’s duty of loyalty: An arbitral-judicial comparison
A description of the common law duty of loyalty as applied by courts, compared to the duty as construed by arbitrators under CBAs. The employee… Read More »Employee’s duty of loyalty: An arbitral-judicial comparison
Employee’s duty of loyalty: Management perspective
Employment law in Canada (both judicial and arbitral) imposes standards of loyalty that are stricter than those in the United States. This article describes those… Read More »Employee’s duty of loyalty: Management perspective
Employee’s duty of loyalty: Labor perspective
Professor Goldman asserts that a duty of loyalty should be invoked only when those seeking loyalty have earned their claim to it: where the employee… Read More »Employee’s duty of loyalty: Labor perspective
Problems of the ad hoc arbitrator: Ethical problems of the ad hoc arbitrator
Discussion of typical ethical problems in ad hoc arbitration, many of which also arise in permanent appointments.