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Public Health And Safety Hazards Versus Confidentiality: Expanding The Mediation Door Of The Multi-Door Courthouse, Arlin R. Thrush
Public Health And Safety Hazards Versus Confidentiality: Expanding The Mediation Door Of The Multi-Door Courthouse, Arlin R. Thrush
Journal of Dispute Resolution
The public's interest in and use of alternative forms of dispute resolution has been in existence for hundreds of years.2 However, today's rejuvenated interest in alternative forms of dispute resolution can be traced to the late sixties Since that time, alternative forms of dispute resolution have been labeled the wave of the future. The growth of alternative forms of dispute resolution can be seen in the tremendous increase in programs offering dispute resolution services. In 1980, there were approximately one hundred dispute resolution programs located throughout the United States. Today, there are over four hundred dispute resolution programs available to …
Ethics: No One Ever Said It Would Be Easy: Bush's Contribution To Mediation Practice, Albie M. Davis
Ethics: No One Ever Said It Would Be Easy: Bush's Contribution To Mediation Practice, Albie M. Davis
Journal of Dispute Resolution
The beauty of Robert Baruch Bush's research on ethics is that his conclusions grow out of the real life experiences of mediators.' Yes, his interpretation is influenced by his own biases, and yes, the Florida mediation scene, where he made his observations, is not a microcosm of the rest of the nation or the world; nevertheless, in spite of these limitations, he did a remarkable job of capturing the dilemmas that most mediators face.
Bush On Mediator Dilemmas, Joseph B. Stulberg
Bush On Mediator Dilemmas, Joseph B. Stulberg
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Despite its richness, I believe that there are three features of the study that raise both conceptual and practical difficulties. They are: (1) its methodology for identifying ethical dilemmas; (2) its presumptions regarding the extent to which public policy can or should address some or all of the mediator's dilemmas; and (3) its applicability to mediator roles and dilemmas in contexts outside a court-referral system. I consider each of these features below.