Quiet Revolution? A longtitudinal study of dispute resolution in US Fortune 1000 corporations

Posted on 02/05/2013 by Lisa Toohey

Living with ‘ADR’: Evolving Perceptions and Use of Mediation, Arbitration and Conflict Management in Fortune 1,000 Corporations has been published by Thomas Stipanowich, J. Ryan Lamare on SSRN.

It reports on the most recent results of their longitudinal study of the attitudes of corporate counsel of Fortune 1000 companies towards dispute resolution.

What they find is at least moderately encouraging, “many companies today appear to be employing strategies aimed at deliberate, proactive and systematic assessment of conflicts in the early stages— perhaps even the first sixty days — in order to lay the groundwork for business decisions about their forward management.”

The 6th Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Summit, Manila, Dec 9-11 2013

Posted on 02/05/2013 by Lisa Toohey

The 6th Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Summit will be held at De La Salle University, Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines from December 9-11, 2013. The Conference theme is “Mediation in a Globalizing World: Challenges to Multi-Culturalism, Peace-Building, and Religious Tolerance.”

According to the conference website:

Topics to be explored through presentations, panel discussions, open forums, and group dialogues during the conference include:

Business and Mediation
Mediation and Conflict Resolution/Transformation of Religious, Ethnic, Ideological, and Resource Management
Mediation and Politics
Mediation and the Media
Mediation and Public Policy
Mediation and Peace and Security
Mediation and Human Rights
Mediation and Education
Mediation, Gender and Development
Family Mediation and Family Violence (Violence Against Women and Children).
Mediation and the Courts
Mediation and Armed Conflicts
Global Trends in Mediation

Prospective delegates of the Summit are invited to submit an abstract no more 500 words, and a short biography of no more than 500 words, on any of the above topics through apmf2013Summit@gmail.com. The deadline for submission is the close of business, May 30, 2013 (Philippine time, GMT+8:00). Accepted abstracts will be announced on June 9, 2013.

Full details can be found online at http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/conferences/apmf/

Welcome to the ADR Research Network

Posted on 01/05/2013 by Lisa Toohey

Welcome to the ADR Research Network Blog. We hope this will be a forum to discuss contemporary issues in dispute resolution, to share information about new research and events, and to expand connections amongst members of the ADR community.