Commercial Mediation Articles
What Is Your Mediation Background?
The "digitization of mediation," now on steroids with the Covid-19 pandemic, has resulted in dramatic changes and new opportunities for mediators and the mediation field. A part of this includes new meanings for old words.
Crisis Communication & Covid-19: Did our politicians test positive for ‘empathy’?
This article is an opinion piece by one reader and examines if our world leaders responded to the COVID-19 crisis with empathy.
Research Concludes Regional International Organizations are Critical Mediators
The author discusses the critical need of regional international organizations (RIOs) to intervene in ethnic conflicts, but notes some of the surrounding limitations to creating sustainable peace, such as the level of violence or the restrictions an organization might face in their very design.
India Signs the Singapore Mediation Convention
This article examines the Singapore Convention: An opportunity to make mediation the default response.
Expedited Arbitration and Party Autonomy Are Key Solutions to Resolving COVID-19-Related Supply Chain Disruptions
The equation is immutable: disruption of supply chains + intervention by governments to manage noncommercial priorities = dramatic increase in disputes among private business entities. COVID-19 has brought much production, transport and commercial activity to a near halt.
7 Financial Tips for Small Businesses Operating during the COVID Pandemic
As good financial management skills serve as a blueprint for success, bad money management habits may force you into bigger conflicts in the future.
In an Era of Chaos with the Coronavirus; The Solution to Support our Leaders is Online Mediation
Nowadays, with the Corona-virus taking precedent over our businesses, professional and personal lives, leaders are facing high levels of stress.
Managing Business Relationships During the Global Coronavirus Health Crisis: A Way Forward
When there is a disruption to any part of the supply chain, the impact is felt globally. We are seeing this now with the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Navigating a Business Crisis Resulting from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Video
We live in a connected world with intricate networks of supply chain and service relationships and any delay can result in multiple commercial challenges.
Mediated Settlements: The Next Realm of Dispute Resolution in India
On July 31, 2019, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the signing of the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (popularly referred to as the “Singapore Convention”) by the Republic of India.
The Law Can Be Dangerous to Lawyers' Mental Health
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The law can be a very dangerous thing.
The GPC North America Report
The International Mediation Institute is delighted to present the GPC North America Report—a comparative analysis and recommendations based on open text questions asked at GPC events in the USA and Canada.
Online Negotiation Strategies: Email and Video-conferencing
Online negotiation offers negotiators and their organizations convenience, speed, and cost savings. But negotiating via email and videoconferencing, in particular, poses challenges that need to be overcome.
10 Mediation Tips for Settling Business Disputes
For practitioners of the law, mediation is a well-known concept that became part of their lives.
Dividing the Burial Plot in Divorce
This article addresses an often overlooked asset in divorce, the burial plot, and the surprising negative consequences of failing to address this asset in the divorce decree.
The Horror of Bullying at France Telecom
Between 2008 and 2009, 35 employees of France Télécom committed suicide.
Gossip Feeds Conflict
Gossip in the office can be very damaging, causing hidden (and sometimes not so hidden) conflicts.
The Business of Disputes in Sports: A Chinese Perspective
As part of a broader commitment to expand JAMS’ global footprint, the JAMS International Operations group recently organized an event in Beijing, China.
How to Manage Conflict at Work: The Argument for Utilizing Emotional Intelligence
If you are, as they say, a left-brained person, you may find it difficult to manage conflict in the workplace when it springs up between employees.
New Horizon for International Commercial Mediation: The Singapore Convention
The fundamental concept of the Convention began in 1958 with the signing of the New York Convention. That concept is the obligation of contracting nation states to give effect to private agreements emerging from alternative dispute resolution.
Why Mediation Should be Part of Health and Wellness
By the time workplace disputes have reached the attention of Employee Relations, mediation starts to look like a last chance saloon for informal resolution.
Mediation vs. Arbitration vs. Litigation: The differences you need to know about in business
As a business owner, it’s extremely important to familiarize yourself with dispute resolution and the processes you need to take depending on the severity of a case.
Suggestions for Team Leaders
Whether you’ve just received your first team leadership assignment or have been doing this for a while, it can be helpful to remind yourself – or become aware of – some guidelines for team leaders that can make your job easier.
It Ain’t My Fault: How Best to Manage Workplace Conflict
Workplace conflicts sometimes make me think of a song by the country-music duo Brothers Osborne called “It Ain’t My Fault.”
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