Mediation Ethics Articles
(9/17/21)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.
(9/15/21)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.
(8/17/21)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.
(8/17/21)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.
(8/16/21)Forrest (Woody) Mosten, Jim Melamed Here are Committee Reports, Recommendations and Resources from the Mediate.com Online Mediation Task Force Final Report.
(8/15/21)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:
(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!
(8/10/21)Laurie Israel I have been mediating for over twenty-five years. During this time, I have had many different experiences with clients, including the good and the bad.
(8/10/21)Tricia Jones This report focuses on questions and issues considered by the Committee on Experiential Online Mediation Training:
Clinics, Simulations, and Video Feedback, as part of Mediate.com's Online Mediation Training Task Force. This complete committee report highlights valuable resources and committee recommendations for moving forward.
(8/09/21)Susan Guthrie The Online Mediation Marketing Committee considered the following issues: 1) What resources, resource center(s) and organizational support will best support the elevation, acceptance and use of online mediation training and online mediation services; 2) How can mediation providers and policy organizations best support the expansion of online mediation providers; 3) How can mediators and other professionals best support the expansion of online mediation; and 4) What are the best new opportunities for expanding the application of mediation and online mediation services?
(8/07/21)Michael Lang The term “Mentor” been commonly used to include guide, champion, teacher, supervisor. Today because we inherited many traditions of mentoring practices, we continue to use the term broadly while also attempting to give it somewhat more definition in terms of mediation and related professional practices.
(7/30/21)Mylene Chan Earlier this month, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law adopted the UNCITRAL Mediation Rules, the UNCITRAL Notes on Mediation, and the Guide to Enactment and Use of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Mediation and International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation.
(7/27/21)Elahe Amani “Once a wound has healed, it cannot bleed again.”
(7/23/21)Dusty and Vicky Rhoades, Dan Simon Constructive dialogue is essential in our world today, and indeed, transformative. It has the ability to open our eyes to the pain of others as well as our own.
(7/17/21)Yuli Martinez This article examines this author's perspective on immigration from a conflict resolution perspective.
(7/12/21)Ronald S. Kraybill Like it or not, there’s no going back to the old ways of leading and managing. We must expand the skill set of leaders at all levels.
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