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1 Legal Ethics in Agricultural- Agribusiness Accountability Kate Moore Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue, LLP

2 What Are Our Ethical Obligations or Responsibilities? Ethics rules Environmental ethics

3 Rules of Professional Conduct Client leads the way Can’t let client break the law Avoid conflicts Attorney as advisor Zealous advocate

4 Environmental Ethics Obligation to future generations Responsibility towards the natural world Precautionary principle  Where is common ground?  What is the law?

5 Challenges Different perspectives Economics Not imposing your own agenda on your client

6 Opportunities Creating win-win situations Private agreements Market-based approaches Alternative production

7 Private Agreements Settlement agreements Landowner agreements Conservation easements

8 Market-based Approaches In-stream water rights Buy-out/retirement of grazing permits Carbon offsets Developing renewable power projects

9 Thank you Kate L. Moore Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue, LLP kmoore@dunncarney.com www.dunncarney.com http://dunncarneynaturalresourcesupdates.com/


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