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Principled Negotiations: The Power of No as an Ethical Negotiating Tool. Breakout Session: #104 Name Dr. Mike Criss, CPCM Date Monday, July 19, 2010 Time 11:15 am - 12:30 pm. 1. Basis of Discussion. Articles Sharks, Saints, and Samurai: The Power of Ethics in Negotiation
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Principled Negotiations: The Power of No as an Ethical Negotiating Tool Breakout Session: #104 Name Dr. Mike Criss, CPCM Date Monday, July 19, 2010 Time 11:15 am - 12:30 pm. 1
Basis of Discussion Articles Sharks, Saints, and Samurai: The Power of Ethics in Negotiation Mark Young, Negotiation Journal, April 2008 Negotiation and Nonviolent Action: Interacting in the World of Conflict Amy C. Finnegan and Susan Hackley, Negotiation Journal, January 2008 Book Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela
Right Behavior Vs Right Thing Displaying the right behavior to gain advantage Saints and Sharks Short Term Doing the Right Thing Source of Power Potentially Long Term Samurai
Power Vs Ethics Two traditional Approaches Tactical Gamesmanship – Herb Cohen Prudential Results for Both Sides – Fisher and Ury Approaches power differently Balances Power and Ethics Principled Approach
Principled Negotiations Sees no difference between power and ethics Doing the right think for its own sake Does not trade off between power and ethics Does what is right, not what is best for either party
Example Pizza Hut and Hunts Hunts Long Time Supplier to PH PH Bid Tomato Contract Low two to take all, price only Hunts came in third PH told Hunts if they lowered their price 2.5 cents/barrel, they would be second PH had bid their best price and declined to lower price
Example Cont. PH awarded to two other offerors Quality problems ensued PH called Hunts – Name Your Price! Hunts stayed with original price
Negotiation and Nonviolent Action Finnegan and Hackley suggest that Negotiation and Nonviolent are connected Mutually committed to: Engage constructively with conflict Share leverage for power and strategic preparation and action
Differences Negotiation Focus on Alternatives and Options Nonviolent Action Focus on acts of omission or commission
Commonalities Both embrace conflict Both action oriented strategies to influence Both are skills-based Both rely on framing
Synergistic Qualities External Mechanisms of Change Conversion Accommodation Nonviolent Coercion Disintegration Negotiation Begins the Process Nonviolent Action and Extend it
Examples Labor Negotiations Involves Human Values How handled effects the relationship Negotiation starts process, relationship determines success Otpor against Serbian Leader Milosevic Disintegration of Security Forces Salt March Ghandi Apartheid Mandela
Practical Applications Short Term Transactions Mediations Long Term Transactions Relationship Centered When Price is not the only Objective When You have run out of Alternatives.