mediation

Mediator neutrality is a practice in discourse, specifically, the management of person’s positions in stories, the intervention in the associated interactional patterns between stories, and the construction of alternative stories. Neutrality is also the antidote against bias and functions to preserve a communication context in which grievances can be voiced, claims to justice made, and agreements mutually constructed. Neutrality refers to the relationship or behavior between intervenor and disputants. Mediators should not have had any previous relationships with disputing parties, or at least have not had a relationship from which they could directly and significantly benefit. The are generally not tied into the parties; ongoing social networks. Neutrality also means that the mediator does not expect to obtain benefits or special payment from one of the parties as a compensation for favors in conduction the mediation. A mediator may be too concerned with maintaining their own n...