A Theory of Mediators' Ethics Foundations, Rationale, and Application [Paperback]

Omer Shapira proposes and justifies a theory of mediators' ethics which guides mediators' conduct and applies to mediators at large.Omer Shapira identifies the ethical norms that govern mediators' conduct. Offering both a theoretical basis for discussing and evaluating mediators' ethical conduct and practical guidelines, this book will be of value to alternative dispute resolution (ADR) researchers, teachers and students, mediators and mediation participants, mediation organizations and programs, policymakers and ethical bodies.Omer Shapira identifies the ethical norms that govern mediators' conduct. Offering both a theoretical basis for discussing and evaluating mediators' ethical conduct and practical guidelines, this book will be of value to alternative dispute resolution (ADR) researchers, teachers and students, mediators and mediation participants, mediation organizations and programs, policymakers and ethical bodies.Many aspects relating to the conduct of mediation are left to mediator choice, but mediators often lack adequate guidance on how their discretion ought to be exercised. In this book, Omer Shapira identifies the ethical norms that govern mediators' conduct. Adopting a professional ethics perspective on the basis of role-morality and applying it to a core definition of mediators' role, Shapira argues that all mediators are placed in ethical relationships with mediation parties, the mediation profession, the public and their employers. or principals that produce ethical obligations. The book goes on to explore the legitimate expectations of these groups and analyzes existing codes of conduct for mediators. Shapira constructs a theory of mediators' ethics that produces a proposed model code of conduct for mediators - a detailed set of norms of mediators' ethics that can be rationally justified and defended with regard to mediators at large.Preface; Part I. A Theory of Professional Ethics: 1. Fundamental concepts; 2. Ethical relationships; Part II. A ThlCÔ