|
Centers
for Disease Control & Prevention
Office of the Director
Alternative Dispute Resolution & Conflict Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Mailstop D-67
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404) 371-5470 |
|
|
How does the Mediator decide who is right or who
wins?
The Mediator/Neutral does not make decisions of this
sort. In fact, the mediation process is not about winning and losing. The
participants reach their own solution through discussion facilitated by
the Mediator/Neutral. It is not like court or arbitration where a judge,
Arbitrator or other third party imposes a decision or finding on the
parties.
So, the parties should concentrate on persuading each other regarding the
merits of their cases, not the Mediator. At the end of the day it does not
matter what the Mediator/Neutral thinks, it matters only what each party
has realized about their own and the other parties' cases, and then to
what they may mutually agree in resolution of the issues and/or concerns.
 |
