Category: Ethics

A Little Context: In my work as a volunteer mediator in in both court referred cases and divorce and family...

By in large, therapy has been the restricted domain of counsellors and psychotherapists. My limited understanding of therapy is that...

Mediation and Business Consulting by Kathleen Kauth.There is often an assumption that someone who works in a helping profession such...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleA podcast produced by the American Bar Association features JAMS Senior Vice President & Chief...

How to get parents on the same page - Even in the middle of divorce Divorce can be tough on...

This interview was previously published in the Dutch ‘Tijdschrift Conflicthantering.' Mediation Ethics - an interview with Ellen Waldman It has...

“The function, the very serious function of racism, . . . is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you...

Mediation and the Four Agreements by Rafeena Bacchus The Four Agreements is based on ancient Toltec wisdom which is said...

IndisputablySince writing my recent short article, Courts Should Make Mediations Good Samaritans Not Frankensteins, I have been thinking about how to...

Mediate.com has been around for over 25 years, and over that time we have published thousands of articles on every...

It is not always automatically bad if the parties at the mediation table are not diverse, because it might for...

Conflict Management Coaching Blog by Cinnie NobleMiles Davis once said, “If you understood everything I said, you’d be me.” That...

Mediation is a process of conflict resolution that involves a neutral party and two conflicting parties. This neutral party is...

In preparation for the next international meeting on climate change in Glasgow in November 2021, it is important to begin...

As published in "My Life Publications" February 15, 2021.Some of us call it the muddy time.  It’s the time in...

You’re a high school freshman who had just finished basketball practice. You go into the locker room to change and...

The Restatement 2d of Contracts finished in 1981, added concepts of  temporary and partial impracticability and also restitution or reliance ...

Mediation and Business Consulting by Kathleen Kauth.Expectations are part of living as a human being.  If we pay for a...

It is likely that a large majority of clergy who serve congregations are hired, re-hired or terminated by the vote...

I remember standing by the wall with my brothers and crying while my father was beating my mother.  I remember...

Sexual harassment claims continue to be the hot topic of discussion in all the workplaces alike. In the wake of...

CPR Speaks BlogIf you missed the 2021 CPR Annual Meeting in January—the first free public meeting held online in the organization’s 40-year...

JAMS ADR Blog by Chris PooleIn a recent podcast produced by the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ), Richard Birke, executive...

At the beginning of a new year, it seems a good time to look back on some of the common...

Mediation and Business Consulting by Kathleen Kauth.In Stephen Covey's book "First Things First" he talks about looking at a jar...

I came across Jia Jiang's 100 Days of Rejection on a podcast while taking a walk and seeking inspiration. He...

PGP Mediation Blog by Phyllis G. PollackTeaching mediation ethics has its good points and bad points. The good is that...

The accompanying course on Implicit Bias by Nina Meierding is available here, and awards 2 hrs CEU/CLE. Every second, millions...

Background It was during late March 2020, soon after the pandemic first made global headlines, that a group of leading mediators and...

Originally published here at Kluwer Arbitration Blog.I write this in the aftermath of yet another mediation in which the protagonists...