Does Mediation have advantages over other ways of resolving issues or conflicts?
In any conflict or dispute, the parties have several choices: • Ignore the problem / issues (let it go) • Allow it to go on (with the risk of escalation and possible ultimate physical conflict) • Resolve the dispute by discussing it between them If the conflict is such that it cannot be ignored, and the parties do not wish it to escalate, but are not able to resolve the issues by direct discussion, they may choose to: • Have their issues resolved by advocates (possibly lawyers) whose role is to negotiate the issues on their behalf, in a process of direct negotiation • Have a settlement proposed through a process of non-binding arbitration • Have their issues decided through a process of binding arbitration (such as the courts) • Participate in a process of mediation. In a situation where the disputing parties cannot for whatever reason resolve the issues by themselves in a direct negotiation, mediation can provide them with a process in which the mediator provides structure, management
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