Mediators do not render decisions about cases, but help parties make necessary decisions, and elicit ideas from each side for possible resolution through assisting parties in inventing and choosing options. Identify which characteristics go under which model. Candy will be awarded for correct answers. Conflict Mediation Across Cultures, p. 205. Western and Traditional Models of Mediation Western Model Traditional Culture Model 1.
Mediation is a formal process with specialist roles.
A crisp formal structure for discussing volatile issues provides a context of security and stability as well as channeling toward constructive goals and ends. Direct confrontation and communication are desirable to both mediator and participants. Mediator is presented as a technical specialist, with professional, anonymous, and impersonal relationship to the disputants. A written contract is facilitated and the mediator is out of their lives. Mediation is a communal process with involvement of trusted leadership.