Introduction

Globalisation! How many times a day do we read or hear the term? And what exactly does it mean in our daily lives? For some, businesspersons, it means the opening of markets for goods, services, and operations. For workers it often means export of jobs. For lawyers it means more cross border transactions, and disputes. For arbitrators and mediators it means more cultural variety in the disputes we seek to resolve. But for all of us it means, or should, nay MUST, mean the necessity to understand and accommodate diverse cultures and all their ramifications. And this ...