Search Mediators Near You:

Category: Ethics

Should a Mediator Make a Political Perspective Public? author.

Should a Mediator Make a Political Perspective Public?

Globally, as waves of nationalism and existentialism begin to unsettle democratic institutions, as ideologies driven by hatred conspire to digitally...

By A. J. Jawad, Jonathan Rodrigues
Should Lawyers and Mediators also Play the Role of Therapists? author.

Should Lawyers and Mediators also Play the Role of Therapists?

Family therapists work to create a comfortable, safe space for their clients to express themselves. In the confines of a...

By Jan Frankel Schau
Envisioning Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) for Internet Service Provider Outages author.

Envisioning Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) for Internet Service Provider Outages

In light of recent news that AT&T has decided to discontinue offering it’s DSL services, coinciding with the being in...

By Josh Srago
A Beginners Guide to Mediation – If you Aren’t Doing Empathy or Curiosity, You Probably Aren’t Mediating … author.

A Beginners Guide to Mediation – If you Aren’t Doing Empathy or Curiosity, You Probably Aren’t Mediating …

CMP Resolution Blog by Lesley Allport and Katherine Graham.Learning to mediate has been likened to learning to speak another language....

By Michael Jacobs
What Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Can Teach Us About the Neutrality of the Mediator author.

What Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Can Teach Us About the Neutrality of the Mediator

Pitt and Jolie's divorce has taken a long time, filed for in 2016, although divorced in 2019 their agreement regarding...

By Hadassah Fidler
Racial Justice Conflict: How “Historical” Racial Symbols Shape Perception, Practices, and Policy author.

Racial Justice Conflict: How “Historical” Racial Symbols Shape Perception, Practices, and Policy

INTRODUCTION As the world continues to grapple with racial injustice and unrest as masses of people from all ethnicities protest...

By Judy Rashid
Thoughts on Addressing Racial Injustice author.

Thoughts on Addressing Racial Injustice

This work juxtaposes an announcement by AAA-ICDR with articles that promote dialogue in difficult conversations. What's the Right Thing to...

By Bernard Mayer, Richard Barbieri, Richard Susskind
Conflict Resolution in the Time of COVID-19–Voices from Seven Continents of the World: South America author.

Conflict Resolution in the Time of COVID-19–Voices from Seven Continents of the World: South America

Editor's Note:  In this article series, seven leading mediators and conflict resolution practitioners share their unique voices on three pressing...

By Andrea Maia, Gregg Relyea
I am no good at making masks, so how can I pitch in during the pandemic? author.

I am no good at making masks, so how can I pitch in during the pandemic?

My son Jacob, an artist, is a member of Idea Fab Labs-Santa Cruz, a “member-driven creation zone.” With a laser cutter...

By Michael Lang
Mediation and Covid19 Share the Same DNA: Liminality and the Adjacent Possible. author.

Mediation and Covid19 Share the Same DNA: Liminality and the Adjacent Possible.

We are often told to think outside the box. But how do you think when there is no box. Paradoxically,...

By Greg Rooney
If a Crime is Admitted, What Then? author.

If a Crime is Admitted, What Then?

“If a person during a caucus session tells the mediator that he committed a crime which had nothing to do...

By Gabriela Szlak, Rich Smukler
Feedback, Hot Buttons, and White Fragility author.

Feedback, Hot Buttons, and White Fragility

Conflict Remedy Blog by Lorraine SegalReceiving feedback without feeling defensive or triggered is a challenge. I work with my students...

By Lorraine Segal
3rd Key-Education: Include Learning in Psychology & Brain Science  to Enhance Mediator Practice author.

3rd Key-Education: Include Learning in Psychology & Brain Science to Enhance Mediator Practice

Editorial Note: Mediate.com has published a series of peer reviewed articles and videos under the collective title Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation’s...

By John Sturrock, Tim Hicks
4th Key-Professionalism: Create a Universal Code of Disclosure author.

4th Key-Professionalism: Create a Universal Code of Disclosure

Editorial Note: Mediate.com has published a series of peer reviewed articles and videos under the collective title Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation’s...

By Ana Gonçalves, Daniel Rainey, Francois Bogacz
Change Power is in the Process:  When Listening is Not Enough author.

Change Power is in the Process: When Listening is Not Enough

INTRODUCTION Since the untimely and senseless  killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, the response from many...

By Judy Rashid
5th Key-Technology: Embrace and Integrate Relevant New Technologies author.

5th Key-Technology: Embrace and Integrate Relevant New Technologies

Editorial Note: Mediate.com has published a series of peer reviewed articles and videos under the collective title Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation’s...

By Francois Bogacz, Jeremy Lack
7th Key-Usage: Expand the Value of Mediation Into Deal-Making author.

7th Key-Usage: Expand the Value of Mediation Into Deal-Making

Editorial Note: Mediate.com has published a series of peer reviewed articles and videos under the collective title Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation’s...

By Joan Stearns Johnsen, Veronique Fraser
7th Key-Usage: Forge a User-driven Vision for Mediation; Then Fund It author.

7th Key-Usage: Forge a User-driven Vision for Mediation; Then Fund It

Editorial Note: Mediate.com has published a series of peer reviewed articles and videos under the collective title Seven Keys to Unlock Mediation’s...

By Michael Leathes
Conflict Resolution in the Time of COVID-19–Voices from Seven Continents of the World: Australia author.

Conflict Resolution in the Time of COVID-19–Voices from Seven Continents of the World: Australia

Editor's Note:  In this article series, seven leading mediators and conflict resolution practitioners share their unique voices on three pressing...

By David Bogan, Gregg Relyea
George Floyd: A Call to White Leadership author.

George Floyd: A Call to White Leadership

George Floyd: A Call to White Leadership The purpose of this brief article is to respond to the article titled...

By Lenton Aikins
A Transformational Approach to Conflicts  Between Police, Demonstrators, and Communities of Color author.

A Transformational Approach to Conflicts Between Police, Demonstrators, and Communities of Color

Police everywhere receive extensive training in using rifles, pistols, tasers, and clubs.  How much training do they receive in non-violent...

By Kenneth Cloke
Behind the Legal Frustration author.

Behind the Legal Frustration

Introduction What has produced this legal frustration? A typical narrative would be the more population of people on earth, the...

By Chinwe Egbunike-Umegbolu
Addressing Ethical Issues in Online Mediations author.

Addressing Ethical Issues in Online Mediations

Recently, I posted a blog about some of the ethical issues that might arise in mediating online using a video...

By Phyllis Pollack
George Floyd: What Leaders Need To Do Now author.

George Floyd: What Leaders Need To Do Now

We (Americans and diverse people in organizations) have been in this moment before: there was a terrible event, we were...

By Lucia Kanter St Amour
How to Help Parties With Disabilities Without Discriminating author.

How to Help Parties With Disabilities Without Discriminating

When we perceive that someone may have a disability, it is common to think about ways to help that person. ...

By Dan Berstein
What Mediators Must Consider as They Work author.

What Mediators Must Consider as They Work

Scaling down of judicial functions in various jurisdictions across the world has been reported in a bid to tame the...

By Sarah Ater
Bold Moves author.

Bold Moves

This was conflict resolution blasphemy. As my client shared her story - for the fourth time - about how a...

By Christopher Sheesley
Impatience, Conflict, and Covid-19 author.

Impatience, Conflict, and Covid-19

Impatience can be a big contributor to conflict, and an obstacle to effective conflict resolution. I started writing a post...

By Lorraine Segal
Using MagicEye to Teach the Art of Reframing author.

Using MagicEye to Teach the Art of Reframing

“I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.”...

By Brendan Schutte
Be Kind author.

Be Kind

Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation by Dan SimonI live in the US, in the state of Ohio.  We...

By Janet Mueller

Featured Mediators

Find a Mediator