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    Howdy, my name is Nick Pellegrino and I will be

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    examining the 2018 Australia ball tampering scandal.

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    The main parties involved in cricket Australia versus the Australian

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    cricketers Association.

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    The conflict occurred in March 2018, during the third test

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    match between Australia and South Africa at Newlands in Cape

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    Town. Australia's Bowler, Cameron Bancroft was caught by television cameras

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    attempting to rough up one side of the cooker ball

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    with a yellow object.

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    The members on cricket Australia side include chief executive of

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    cricket Australia James, Southerland, who received pressure for multiple sources,

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    including Australia's prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, the Australian sports Commission.

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    Cameron Bancroft was the bowler who was caught altering the

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    ball with sandpaper, then hit the same paper in his

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    underwear. Originally, he lied to the press conference and said

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    it was a piece of yellow adhesive tape before a

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    further investigation found that it was um a piece of

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    sandpaper. He was originally charged with ball tampering and find

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    75% of his match fee by the match referee.

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    He was later punished with a 12 month banned from

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    all international and domestic cricket and to not be considered

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    for leadership positions for a year after the conclusion of

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    his suspension, Captain steve smith claimed to have known the

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    plan to tamper in advance and failed to prevent it

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    because of that.

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    He was charged with conduct that is contrary to the

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    spirit of the game And fund 100% of his match

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    fee by the International Cricket Council.

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    At the time of the discovery, He was later punished

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    by receiving a 12 month banned from all international and

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    domestic cricket and to not be considered for leadership positions

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    for a year after the conclusion of his suspension, Mhm.

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    Vice Captain David Warner was found responsible by cricket Australia

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    as having been responsible for the plan to ball tamper

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    and showed Bancroft how to do it, misled the match

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    officials and didn't voluntarily report his involvement.

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    He received a 12 month banned from all international and

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    domestic cricket and to not be considered for leadership positions

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    again in the future.

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    Yeah, the Australian cricketers Association is the Union for Australian

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    professional cricketers.

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    They challenged the fairness and severity of the proposed sanctions

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    on the basis they were disproportionate and unprecedented.

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    Cricket Australia sanctions were far greater than those imposed by

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    the International Cricket Council and what had been previously imposed

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    for similar offenses.

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    Okay. Mhm.

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    The underlying mutual interests, there is several underlying mutual interests

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    between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers Association.

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    Both are mutually interested in upholding and keeping the spirit

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    of the game of cricket.

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    Next, they wanted to limit the damage of the image

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    of tim Australia and Australian cricketers.

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    This is a unique underlying interest in this case, as

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    these men were playing as representatives of their home nation.

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    The cheating scandal not only tarnishes the public image of

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    both cricket Australia and the Australia cricketers association, but also

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    the people of Australia with the international attention the conflict

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    was drawing.

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    It was prudent for both sides to come to a

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    quick resolution.

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    They also were focused on appropriately punishing the parties involved

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    as both sides want to appear to denounce the on

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    field antics and condemn the players for their actions and

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    involvement. However, they differ in which sides they represent as

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    the Australian Cricketers Association is charged with backing and supporting

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    the professional cricket players of the nation.

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    Yeah, yeah.

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    One of the most critical communication necessities in this case

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    was to address the controversy immediately and publicly with so

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    much attention and commentary on the conflict.

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    It is vital for both cricket Australia and the Australian

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    cricketers association to speak quickly and to come to a

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    resolution. They could tout publicly providing a unified front to

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    the press is in another important aspect of their communication.

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    Well, the sides officially represent different sides, their underlying interests

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    of the same.

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    This piece is especially important after the resolution is made

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    to both stand behind the decision.

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    Finally, when deciding the sanctions against the players, a crucial

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    piece of communication that was missing from this particular case

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    was the use of prior precedent.

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    Cricket Australia brought the harshest sanctions against bankrupt smith and

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    Warner than ever seen before.

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    In a similar case, did you didn't you proposed negotiation

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    styles? Collaborating in this case was extremely important because it

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    provided the unified front, I mentioned earlier, finding a solution

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    to this conflict that both parties agreed to is the

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    highest priority as well.

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    These parties must work closely together for essentially the rest

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    of their existence.

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    So keeping the relationship cordial and cooperative is of the

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    highest importance.

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    With this in mind, I suggest using an integrative bargaining

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    approach, all of the factors previously mentioned call for a

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    win win solution, as you don't want to have either

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    side feeling apprehensive in the next negotiation, focusing on the

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    interests of the parties, especially the common interest, is the

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    ideal way to handle this negotiation.

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    In the end, both parties want the same thing just

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    in different ways bears of communication.

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    This case has several different barriers of communication, all striving

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    to be the most important in a very short time

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    frame. The first is the international coverage of the incident

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    and backlash and fall.

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    This is multiplied with any additional time spent without an

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    official decision.

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    The second is a vast number of stakeholders involved.

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    These include the Australian team, the International Cricket Council, the

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    Australian cricketers Association, Cricket Australia and all of their supporters.

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    There were several other parties who made themselves stakeholders, including

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    the Australian prime minister, the former captain of the Australian

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    team, among others.

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    The media coverage mentioned before, and all these internal and

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    external stakeholders foaming at the mouth for a decision put

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    the clock on a crooked Australia and the Australian cricketers

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    Association to come up with the resolution as quickly as

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    possible. Finally, the severity of the incident called for an

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    exact decision that would make all parties happy as well.

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    God forbid of his situation like this.

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    Ball tampering would happen again.

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    There would be an appropriate blueprint, which to work off

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    of. Thank you for coming to my president.