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Integrating the Undergraduate Experience: A Course on Environmental Dispute Resolution
Author(s) -
Kaplan Abram W.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
negotiation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1571-9979
pISSN - 0748-4526
DOI - 10.1111/j.1571-9979.1998.tb00172.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , course (navigation) , process (computing) , foundation (evidence) , engineering ethics , dispute resolution , action (physics) , function (biology) , engineering , political science , computer science , law , physics , quantum mechanics , aerospace engineering , operating system , evolutionary biology , biology
This paper describes a rigorous undergraduate course on environmental dispute resolution. Students get hands‐on experience in negotiation cases, developing skills and building theoretical understanding through a series of exercises. With this foundation, the students advance to an extended role‐playing case study on oil exploration in the Ecuadorian rain forest. The course provides an integration function both in terms of understanding environmental issues, but also in modeling reality, encouraging action, and building process tools that are essential in addressing environmental and social challenges facing the planet.