What Is an Anchoring Bias

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Essay

What is an anchoring bias?

Distinguish between implied-in-law contracts (quasi-contracts) and actual contracts.

Identify the differing requirements and implications of bilateral and unilateral contracts.

Understand the role of global influences, like the International Commercial Code, on contract law and its importance for international transactions.

Understand the concept of uncertainty avoidance and its impact on culture.

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Definitions:

Bad Faith Bargaining

The practice of negotiating without the intention to reach an agreement, often violating trust and fairness in collective bargaining processes.

Industrywide Bargaining

Negotiation processes that occur at the industry level, involving multiple employers and a labor union, to set standard wages and conditions across an entire industry.

Decentralized Bargaining

A labor negotiation strategy where discussions and agreements are made at a local or individual organization level rather than across an entire industry or sector.

Multisite Bargaining

Collective bargaining conducted on behalf of multiple locations of an employer, potentially streamlining negotiations but also complicating them due to differing local needs.