Commercial or business mediation helps manage the difficult communication issues that normally develop when business ventures are formed or to help manage ongoing relationships. A new business venture is in fact a new type relationship. Exciting at the start, even more exciting when rewarding, and can turn sour very quickly when conflict develops or losses occur. Existing businesses may …
Mediation is the process whereby two or more parties engaged in a dispute, decide, usually voluntarily, to utilize the services of a neutral third party to help them settle their personal. professional or legal differences to try to reach a fair and just resolution. Read on to learn mediation definitions & mediation techniques. This mediation technique is still one of …
Everyone would love to live in a world of peace. Well, almost. But you and I know that it’s not going to happen. Until the time that human beings are the wired the way they are today, they are going to find some reason in some part of the world, to go to war about just something or the other. …
Sexual harassment is one of the most common forms of employment disputes and has grown in numbers and in media attention that it receives over the past few years. The growing awareness into this area, however, unlike other crimes, has not prevented it from remaining among the top source of distress and dispute at the workplace. Between the year 2000 …
Parents and teachers both have the same objective – to ensure the best possible education of the student. Their interests are well aligned and their incentives are, to some degree, as well. What I mean by that is, that parents have a natural incentive to see their children do well in school. Teachers have a monetary as well as a …
The majority of us are or have been employees at some organization. We may have agreed to lengthy contracts, rules, and regulations that detail what we can and can’t do at work. We agreed to benefits we receive for our contribution to the company’s business and so on. And, we all just sign those contracts, don’t we? According to leading …
In our line of work, we work on dozens of mediation cases every year. However, like many other professionals, we are not at liberty to discuss our cases in public forums such as this one due to reasons of confidentiality and privacy. When we get questioned about past experiences, we often resort to fabricating names or situations in order to …