Dispute Resolution And Sustainability – A Delicate And Evolving Relationship

Disputes are perhaps the most traditional area where law firms assist their clients. While many different types of processes go under this rubric, they have customarily been viewed to have one common trait: they aim to provide a legally correct decision regarding a specific problem. This decision does not typically claim moral or ethical superiority, just legal correctness. Nothing more, nothing less.

At the same time, sustainability has become a fundamental value and goal for organisations and the general public. It underlines the need to make ethically correct decisions, and it is embedded in every decision and all aspects of business, even if it is not always visible at first sight. Accordingly, making sustainable choices is at the core of corporate social responsibility. Organisations are constantly put under scrutiny for their social, economic or environmental impact in surprising situations, and ignoring the demands of sustainability might have even