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Legal Ethics in Agricultural- Agribusiness Accountability Kate Moore Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue, LLP
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What Are Our Ethical Obligations or Responsibilities? Ethics rules Environmental ethics
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Rules of Professional Conduct Client leads the way Can’t let client break the law Avoid conflicts Attorney as advisor Zealous advocate
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Environmental Ethics Obligation to future generations Responsibility towards the natural world Precautionary principle Where is common ground? What is the law?
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Challenges Different perspectives Economics Not imposing your own agenda on your client
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Opportunities Creating win-win situations Private agreements Market-based approaches Alternative production
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Private Agreements Settlement agreements Landowner agreements Conservation easements
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Market-based Approaches In-stream water rights Buy-out/retirement of grazing permits Carbon offsets Developing renewable power projects
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Thank you Kate L. Moore Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue, LLP kmoore@dunncarney.com www.dunncarney.com http://dunncarneynaturalresourcesupdates.com/
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