Diamond access depends on obeying industry governance rules. [causal]
These organizations make it clear to new entrants, who are primarily manufacturers of small stones, that their ability to secure a steady flow of rough diamonds for their cutting centers is intimately linked to their willingness to play by the established rules-to organize bourses, set up arbitration systems, and submit claims filed against them to the Arbitration Board of the World Federation.
Lisa Bernestein, Opting out of the Legal Sys…, loc. 204