Dispute Case Studies Samples For Students

Introduction

Litigation is a process of dispute resolution that is considered to be cumbersome and very expensive. It involves going through the courts and this process is usually tedious especially because courts have several pending cases to handle. In this regard, many institutions find it preferable to make use of other Alternative Dispute Resolution systems (ADRs) which tend to be less time consuming and even less tedious.
1 A. The systems of alternative dispute resolution other that can be used by the employer other than that of litigation are such as that of mediation, that of arbitration and minitrials. These ...

International Microeconomics: Trade Dispute Case Study ‘USCOOL’

Introduction
The advent of bilateral trade talks started all before the general agreement on tariff and trade (GATT). Although the reciprocal tariff act of 1934, came into action after the smooth Hawley tariff act of 1930 as a result of the stock market crash. The reciprocal tariff act served as a negotiating model for GATT. GATT prompted countries to negotiate and reciprocate tariff reduction. The World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed in 1995 after 8 rounds of talk under GATT from 1947 to 1994 to discuss varying issues of trade. WTO was formed to provide an avenue to manage the ...

Role of Cyber Speech and First Amendment

The Internet has transformed communication throughout the world, allowing people to share information instantaneously at relatively low cost. The Internet is regarded as the most participatory form of mass speech ever developed in the world and it is the main channel of communication that is behind the development of cyber communication. Students in schools and colleges communicate amongst themselves through social sites such as Facebook and Twitter. They can receive first-hand information that has not even reach their school administration. More often, students use these sites to express their feelings about politics, school administration, and relationships. Most of them ...

International arbitration allows international business persons from different legal backgrounds to amicably solve their grievances. Parties to a contractual agreement or in an international relationship seek an impartial party who carries out the adjudicatory process. The resolution by the arbitrators is usually binding and carries a provision of arbitration in future contractual disputes. International Arbitration has over the last half century gained popularity because of the expeditious nature of the method. Businesses and international traders prefer international arbitration to the domestic legal process. A dispute would usually be handled under the judicial system under which the dispute occurred. Resolving the dispute ...

THE PROCEDURE FOR BRINGING A CLAIM UNDER THE CONVENTION

Chapter III of the ICSID convention, regulations and rules covers conciliation (World Bank Group, 2006). Section 1 to 3 of this chapter specifies the process of conciliation from the request, formation of the conciliation commission and the eventual conciliatory proceedings. Section 6 deals with the recognition and enforcement of an award.

Conciliation

According to this chapter, MTP Petroleum shall lodge an official request in writing to the Secretary General of ICSID. The Secretary General shall copy the same letter to the other party to inform them of the impending process (Reed, Paulsson, Blackaby, 2010). The request shall include the issues ...

This is a case of Juli and Steve and their positions on the issue whether the release or publication of certain works of art, which in their case was the Laramie Project should be regulated in an event that not doing so creates the possibility of igniting public unrest or compromising the community of individuals who are not involved in the dispute. In the case, Steve argues that the public release of the Laramie Project should be cancelled and be ultimately banned from the campus. Juli, on the other hand argues that there is nothing wrong with publicly releasing or ...

Deploying Wi-Fi Hook-Ups in Disaster Relief - what are the Considerations?

Wi-Fi networks constructed for disaster relief and administered either in affiliation with a private firm or by a city have surfaced in the last few years, in spite of strong resistance and persistent lobbying by cable operators and phone companies, which dispute that municipalities would rival unjustly against their personal broadband services. Following the devastating Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans infrastructure became totally destroyed. This meant implied that cellular networks and conventional wireline phone service became dysfunctional. Therefore, the notion of WiFi network for the city surfaced, and 3 months after the disaster, there was the deployment of a free city owned wireless internet ...

Issues Between Store Norske Spitsberger Kulkompani Corporation

1. Store Norske is considering using Coal India Limited to assist them in their international business operations. What issues will Store Norske have to address with respect to any business transactions between Store Norske and Coal Inida Limited. Discuss.
Store Norske’s manner of partnering with Coal India to assist them in their international business operations is called international joint venture. This is the most common way to go into international business to a) reduce the risk in venturing into a new operation, and b) takes the favorable opportunity of using the skills and assets of the new business ...

The hiring of permanent replacement workers during a labor dispute has been at the center of confrontations between labor unions and business owners. While labor unions argue that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) needs to abolish hiring of permanent replacement workers, business owners are of the view that the status quo should be maintained. As such, the argument for or against permanent replacement workers depends on what side one is.
One of the main advantages of hiring a permanent replacement is that it acts as a check to labor unions. If there was no right to hire permanent ...

McCorkle and Melanie’s book on the case of the Ad Agency provides for a very scholarly read for anyone who is interested in this sector. The book outlines and explains the principles that should be applied in the Ad Agency. In addition, it gives the concepts and models in mediation, as well as the ethical standards that should be followed. Ethics can be defined as the code of behavior in business practices. Ethics also refer to day to day interactions and how people and businesses should interact.

The models explained in this book include narrative, transformative, evaluative and ...

One of the major ethical issues in this case study is the fact that Ford company and Bridgestone were both aware of life threatening security concerns about their product offerings but chose to let the issues go unaddressed, leading to a number of accidents, losses of lives as well as the incapacity of many users of their products, something that would have been avoided had the companies taken the least level of responsibility about the safety and well being of their consumers.
As explained in the case study, there was glaring evidence that both Ford and Bridgestone abetted the ...

Question 1

Aggressive and counterproductive behaviors refer an employee behaving towards other employees in a manner that may cause harm to the employees and generally the organization. Aggressive and counterproductive behavior of an employee toward other employees may be caused by several factors. Considering the Cedar district hospital case, the aggressive and counterproductive behavior of Smith towards her subordinates and other managers could have been caused by the following factors (Fox and Paul 2005).
The first reason for Smith’s aggression and counterproductive behavior towards her subordinates and other managers, fall in the theory of individual difference also referred to personal ...

Any plan set to maintain and improve the original objectives of a hospital while at the same time enabling it cope with the rising challenges is crucial and needs a lot of thinking. The original plan of Riverside Paediatric Hospital was sidelined when the management was faced with the challenge of accommodating a large number of patients, a factor that they had not reviewed in the initial plan for the hospital.
In order to bring the hospital back on track, several changes needs to be made as pertaining the management and relationship of workers during working hours at the hospital. These include
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Issue: Longview Fibre is sued for damages arising from the exposure of its worker to asbestos.

Substantive facts:
Longview Fibre operated a mill where Shellenberger worked
Doctors instructed Shellenberger to stop working
Shellenberger was suffering from asbestos exposure
Clouds of dust was present at the work area of Shellenberger when he threw asbestos bags open (Baker W. Gerald A. 2004).

Shellenberger might have been affected by asbestos when the company was engaging in blow downs.

Apparatus hoods and tube wrappers in the industry had asbestos.

The pipe wrappers were at long last replaced with coverings that ...

Introduction:

Description:
The court case deals with a dispute over an easement given on a car park's property. At the time of the trial, the respondent had been attempting to limit the amount of time that the easement was allowed to be used while a tavern owner contended that the patrons of their business would be unable to take full advantage of the area during important hours. The limitation of five hours on the parking area’s use would profoundly limit the access that their customers have to parking. The rights of the easement as expressed by the grantee have ...

Introduction

Fair play in business practices is essential to the maintenance of a self-sustainable corporate environment. Precisely, all the parties involved in any business activity need to embrace ethical principles while following the legal provisions in any commercial venture. With this in mind, it is worth acknowledging the fact that Kallestad breached the fundamental provisions of an implied warranty by selling substandard products to Peter and Tanya Rothing. According to Murthy and Blischke (2006), an implied warranty is a contract arising from the operation of the law guaranteeing that the goods to be sold are merchantable and are appropriate for ...

CONTENTS
I. Introduction 3
II. Factors, Behind Huawei Decision to Enter the Canadian Telecommunications Market 4
(a) Political Environment in Canada 4
(b) Economic Environment in Canada 5
(c) Legal Environment 6
(d) Technological Environment 6
(e) Environmental Profile 6
III. Huawei Response to Competition in Canada 7
(a) Bargaining Power of Suppliers 7
(b) Bargaining Power of Customers 8
(c) Competition Intensity 8
(d) Threat of Substitute Products 8
(e) New Market Players Entry 9
IV. Two Ways to Enhance Image and Reputation in Canada 9
V. Conclusion 10

References 11

Introduction
Huawei Technologies Ltd. is one of the leading ...

Introduction

Geico has designed several effective strategies in order to satisfy and retain its employees, because the job market is tight and there is a lack of the skilled employees. Such as Geico has introduced reward programs, promoted effective communication, and designed a website so that employees can get the information regarding programs and benefits that the company is offering.

In this paper the association of the total reward program with the Chapter 2 of the textbook, a strategy ensuring the plan of Geico addresses all benefits, the effectiveness of communication that is attached with Geico’s total reward programs, and the improvements ...

Business

Notice of Termination
Northern Timber Company together with the Union is committed to the safety and wellbeing of the employees. As such, due to this aspect, the company and the union issues a joint agreement to the employees concerning the use or the possession of illegal drugs or alcohol on the company property. This joint announcement was in the form of the reminder that the illegal drugs and the alcohol were not permitted on the company property, including the residences of the employees (Suffield, 2012). As such, the collective agreement of the company and the union is that the ...

Analysis of Risk Avoidance Strategy for cases under consideration

Abstract
Worldwide Concepts, Inc. is a technology company that deals with Biotech instruments and drugs. Along with this, it also deals with offering consultation to various firms into similar industry. The main operating units of the Organization are spread worldwide, with its manufacturing facility in China, assembling facility in Mexico, biotech partners in Israel and software design partners in Russia and India.
The report deals with the prime concern of CEO of the company, which is about dealing with the legal pitfalls the Organization is currently facing. There are recommendations based on the international business law discussed in ...

Business

The U.S.-Vietnamese Catfish Dispute
The U.S.-Vietnamese Catfish Dispute
- Advantages and Disadvantages for the U.S. to protect its Catfish Industry
There are some advantages for the U.S. to protect its catfish industry by imposing an extensive inspection on imported catfish from Vietnam. Primarily, the domestic catfish growers in the U.S. will have a bigger profit as the importation of catfish from Vietnam will be limited. It was also proposed that the imported fish must have different names than those fishes that are sold locally. This is to comply with the consumers’ right to know what he or ...

Introduction

This is a case of colleagues holding the same job position in a multinational company. EUROi is an IT company that was formed as a result of a merger between a British firm, RoyaIPC, and a French firm, Internet du France (IDF). Margaret, who is 50 years old and her 35 year old colleague Georges are supposed to work together each representing their respective companies. Georges works as the marketing manager representing the French company while Margaret was sent from London to France to work in the same position for the British partner. Although both employees have exceptional leadership skills, they are not ready to ...

Facts

Japan, in the implementation of the Japanese Liquor Taxes Law, sought to impose higher taxes on the foreign manufactured spirits and alcoholic products as opposed to the lower taxes on the locally produced shochu. The complainants who included the European Union, Canada and the United States of America sought an interpretation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and in particular four provisions on the issues of taxation of products.

Procedural History

The case was first heard by the Disputes Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization and appealed against at the Appellate Body of the same institution.

Issues

The ...

Introduction

Question one
The Jen-O-Mex is a JeJecraft management firm that was found in 1930 by two brothers namely Dan and Ralph to construct Venetian blinds. They encounter different problems in their daily operations as they try to satisfy their customers’ needs globally.
Multinational companies find it quit challenging to make the available, willing and potential customers aware of their products and services that are providing. Customers are mostly readily prepared to purchase goods but the producers fail to inform them on where, how or at what cost they can get the goods (Eden, 23). Factors that have facilitated ...

1. What forms of trust are involved in this case and how were they violated?
Previous CEO Kelleher exhibited Identification-Based Trust. This appears to have been violated when Parker resigned unexpectedly and said Southwest deserved a leader who could take the company to the next level. Kelleher and Parker had been discussing retirement plans, and this may have made it more difficult for Kelleher to accept Parker’s actions. On a different level, part of Kelleher’s ability to negotiate the labor issues is because of the rapport and trust he developed with the labor force and the unions at ...

Abstract

The Crown and Waikato Tainui has been having conflicting standards in the management of the Waikato River. The report is basically giving details on the background of the different stands that each team has pertaining the river and how the conflict resolution was approached.
Tainui believes that the river lies in their ancestral land and that the Crown has not right interfering with the management of the river and its resources. This initiated the need for a deed settlement between the two parties. The deed settlement was signed in august 2008 and this brought the genesis of shared management ...

The dispute between rationalism and empiricism is found within a branch of philosophy called epistemology, is all about the extent to which humans are dependent on sense experience in the quest to acquire knowledge. Rationalists think that there are ways with which our concepts and knowledge can be gained independently of sense experience. On the other hand, empiricists think that sense experience is the only source of all concepts and knowledge. But Immanuel Kant sought to give a solution and therefore solve the dispute between these two arguments.
Kant argues that the method and the content found in these two ...

Executive Summary

One Tel Communications was the fourth largest telecommunications company in Australia. It touches on matters regarding poor management, fraudulent misstatements, the use of remuneration packages for self-interest and lack of regard of accounting policies and legal regulations. These, together with other factors, have led the company to liquidation in 2001.
This report summarizes the key facts from the start of the company business, its capital structure, the people involved in the accounting scandal, the auditing scenario, factors that contributed to the business failure, the audit risks existing at that time, to the conclusion and possible audit procedures that ...

Law

Corey Stoughton, who is a Staff Attorney has stated in his speech made before the New York State Judiciary Committee during the state assembly that one of his proposals is to reform the courts and justice system in New York for the benefit of the people and the state. This is in accordance to the move of the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) which aims to promote and enhance the essential rights of the people pursuant to the Constitution of the state and the Bill of Rights under the U.S. Constitution (NY Civil Liberties Union, 2013). Stoughton raised the ...

[Date (February 21, 2013)]

Julie Jackson
Director of Human Resource
1101 Wesleyan Drive

Fort Worth, Texas 76105

Conflict is a struggle between different people who has different opposing needs, beliefs or goals without arriving at the same agreement.
In every organization there is a conflict either between an employee and employer or between the workers themselves. It is inevitable since it is something experienced every day in every organization. As a Human Resource Manager, it is always good to solve these conflicts which come in various ways.
Here are various ways in which a conflict can be avoided in an organization, showing clearly what is to be ...