Category Conflict Resolution
Handling Less Than “Full Payment” Checks in New York
by Bryan Lane Berson, Esq. Suppose a customer owes a vendor $75,000, but he gives a check for $50,000 and the memorandum says “full payment.” The “full payment” notation is a “restrictive endorsement.” Perhaps the customer is playing a stealthy trick. Perhaps he genuinely believes he owes $50,000. Regardless, the check is $25,000 short, and […]
Building Conflict Competence: Improve Conflict Resolution & Workplace Mediation
by Bryan Lane Berson, Esq. An organization should multiply individuals’ efforts. Personnel create goods and services, and customers transform them into revenues by purchasing them. Viewed as a supply-chain, departments within an organization are consumers of other departments’ products. Feuds, politics, and turf wars waste effort and distract personnel from serving customers and generating revenue. […]
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