{"id":27380,"date":"2022-02-17T18:20:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/?page_id=27380"},"modified":"2022-02-18T12:05:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:05:42","slug":"ch24","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/ch24\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch.24 – Neutrals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Ch.24 – Neutrals<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>One of the distinguishing features of ADR proceedings is the introduction of a neutral third person, usually trained in conflict resolution techniques, to help the parties resolve their dispute.\u00a0 With few exceptions, this neutral is there to help, not decide.\u00a0 Neutrals in well-known ADR processes like mediation and facilitation have no power to decide the issues in dispute or to impose terms on any party.\u00a0 Their power lies in whatever skill they have to encourage the parties to find their own resolution to their dispute.\u00a0 Both the\u00a0Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (ADRA) of 1996 and the FAR are very expansive in their definition of a neutral, in keeping with the overall philosophy of ADR that the parties exercise self-determination to decide who their neutral shall be and, in many cases, what their their role will be.<\/p>\n<div><strong>LEARN MORE<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/24-definition\/\">The Legal Definition of a Neutral<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/24-ethics\/\">Ethical Obligations of Neutrals<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/24-factors\/\">Factors Used to Select a Neutral<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/24-cns\/\">Contracting for Neutral Services<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/24-protection\/\">Protecting Neutrals<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"grayLine\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Subpages <span id=\"subpages-total-number\">(5):<\/span> <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/24-cns\/\">Contracted Neutral Services<\/a> | <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/24-ethics\/\">Ethics for Neutrals<\/a> | <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/24-definition\/\">Neutral Defined<\/a> | <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/24-protection\/\">Protection of Neutrals<\/a> | <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/24-factors\/\">Selection Factors<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27194,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27380\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}