Role of the Mediator:
The Mediator...
• Acquires informed consent
of all parties to mediate.
• Facilitates a communication
process that may bring
disputes to resolution.
•Fosters empowerment of
the parties for decision-making.
• Remains impartial and does
not render decisions or give
advice.
• Discloses training,
experience, and any
connection or relationship
to any of the parties.
• Maintains open and
professional relationship
with others working on
the same case.
• Does not cross disciplines
while engaged as a
mediator. For example,
attorney mediators do not
practice law during
mediation, nor advocate,
nor weigh the legal merits
of a case. Counselor
mediators do not provide
counseling during the
mediation process.
• Complies with all statutory
requirements for reporting
domestic, elder or child
abuse or other threats of
physical harm.
• Maintains the integrity of
the process.
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Mediation Ethics:
• The Mediation process is
confidential, except as
required by law.
• The Mediator makes no
claims or promises of a
specific outcome for the
mediation.
• The Mediator does not seek
to advance his/her own
interests at the expense of
the parties. The Mediator
discloses any actual or
potential biases or conflicts
of interest.
• The Mediator does not
accept commissions, gifts,
rebates or referral fees.
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Mediation Standards Of
Practice:
• The mediator asks the
parties to consider the
impact of their decisions on
their future.
• The mediator encourages
the parties to seek
independent advice when
necessary e.g.: legal,
accounting, counseling.
• Mediator's fees are
reasonable and disclosed in
advance of the mediation.
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Mediators' Professional
Obligations:
• Mediators seek to
maintain and improve
their professional skills.
• Mediators support the
profession by mentoring
novice mediators.
• Mediators educate the
public about mediation.
• Mediators make mediation
accessible with pro bono
or reducedfee for service
when appropriate.
• Mediators address abuses
within the profession and
strive with their peers to
reach the highest ethical
and professional standard.
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