Mediation Ethics Articles
(11/30/21)Beth Graham In his journal article, Mr. Tiamiyu examines potential ethical considerations related to emerging online dispute resolution technologies.
(11/30/21)Susan Raines Recording of another episode of Mediate.com's Great Reads Book Club with Prof. Susan Raines talking about the new edition of her book "Conflict Management for Managers: Resolving Workplace, Client and Policy Disputes," hosted by Chidera Didigu.
(11/30/21)Jacqueline Nolan-Haley This panel had many highlights, including FOI Tom Stipanowich, who coined the term mixed-mode and who now refers to it as “lane-changing.”
(11/18/21)Paul Rajkowski There is an old proverb, “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trial.” Who knows who authored it, what is important is this quote applies to the traditional mediation effort.
(11/05/21)Mukti Rijal The term ‘double hatting’ does denote the wearing of two hats by a person signifying that the same person who is appointed as mediator is also agreed to perform the role of an arbitrator in case mediation process fails to help settle the dispute in succession.
(10/22/21)Phyllis Pollack Standard I of the Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators is entitled "Self-Determination" and admonishes us that "a mediator shall conduct a mediation on the principle of party self-determination."
(10/01/21)Giovanni Matteucci On August 25, 2021, Law decree 118/2021 came into force concerning the prevention/management of business crisis. A crucial aspect has been neglected, the training in negotiation and mediation techniques.
(9/28/21)Forrest (Woody) Mosten, Clare Fowler, Jim Melamed, Colin Rule This is a 90 minute video from the September 24, 2021 Forum sharing the Final Report of Mediate.com Task Force on Online Mediation. This video features Woody Mosten, Colin Rule, Clare Fowler, Jim Melamed, Tara Ollapally, Bruce Edwards, Donna Silverberg, Susan Guthrie, Angelia Tolbert, Michael Aurit, Tricia Jones, Michael Lang and John Sturrock.
(9/22/21)Paul Rajkowski Somewhere along the mediation trail, process change appeared. This change became a big drift from traditional mediation and led to the shuttle system.
(9/21/21)Colin Rule, Jim Melamed One of the Primary Recommendations of the Mediate.com Task Force on Online Mediation is to update mediation practice and ethical standards to fully embrace online mediation. In response, Mediate.com has now formally adopted the Task Force's Recommended Practice Standards for Online Mediation effective January 1. 2022.
(9/20/21)Jim Melamed, Forrest (Woody) Mosten Mediate.com’s Online Mediation Training Task Force here presents our Final Report and Recommendations, along with our Committee recommendations and resources, with humility, knowing that the ideas contained herein are intended to stimulate additional and continuing consideration, discussion and research.
(9/20/21)Jim Melamed, Forrest (Woody) Mosten In addition to the many Committee Recommendations, the Task Force’s Executive Committee offers these 8 Primary Task Force Recommendations to support the field of mediation fully embracing online mediation and online mediation training:
(9/20/21)Clare Fowler, Colin Rule This index of resources is intended to assist readers to conveniently identify and access specific portions of the Mediate.com Online Mediation Task Force Report that are of the greatest interest.
(9/19/21)Forrest (Woody) Mosten, Jim Melamed Here are Committee Reports, Recommendations and Resources from the Mediate.com Online Mediation Task Force Final Report.
(9/15/21)Sneha Vardhani Recently, the Supreme Court of India, admitting that there is ‘a dire need to enact Indian Mediation Act..’ created a Committee to draft a separate legislation for administration of mediation proceedings across the country.
(9/08/21)Patrick Mastronardo Providing Florida LEP Individuals Meaningful Access to Mediation: Bilingual Mediator Guidance on Standards of Conduct.
(9/07/21)Phyllis Pollack "For centuries, we have shared common expectations of how we behave ethically in society, based largely on a mutual understanding of the reality in which our decisions play out. These underlying expectations have come to be guided by three pillars."
(9/07/21)Rebekah Ratliff In a recent episode of Insurance Business Talk, JAMS neutral Rebekah Ratliff speaks with host Paul Lucas on her experience as a Black woman in the insurance industry and where the industry is now in terms of issues relating to gender and race.
(8/30/21)Phyllis Pollack Despite the complexity of ethical issues, Ms. Liautaud has formula for making an ethical decision quite simple.
(8/24/21)Bill Quatman I read a Mediation Agreement that struck me as odd, perhaps unenforceable, maybe even unethical
(8/20/21)Sarah Peyton What happens in our brains and bodies when life -- and conflict -- feels like too much for us?
(8/20/21)David Brandon A podcast from JAMS featuring David Brandon of The JAMS Foundation and Gretchen Grad and Scott Rasmussen of Hands of Peace, discussing Hands of Peace’s work empowering American, Israeli and Palestinian youth to be agents of change in their communities.
(8/19/21)Judith Cohen I think it might be time for a refresher on ADA Mediation, * a topic I have written and trained on frequently – but not for a while now.
(8/13/21)Shantha Chellappa “Advocacy is a conscious act of support, expressed by speaking or writing on behalf of another person, an idea, a cause or a policy.”
(8/13/21)Jennifer Schulz, Pat Bragg What a fun, dense, and important read about mediation!
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