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What is Mediation?
Mediation is a voluntary, non-binding
process using an impartial and neutral
third-party to assist parties to reach
mutual agreement and resolution of their
disputes.
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Statehood triggered in Hawaii a period
of dynamic and transformative growth.
Rapid changes brought opportunities and
turmoil. Labor management relations in
the critical sugar, hotel and shipping
industries were tumultuous. In those times,
labor management disputes had the potential
for upsetting Hawaii's growing but sensitive
and fragile economy.
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Business
and construction disputes distract and direct
valuable time, energy and resources away
from positive and productive purposes. Valuable
business relationships and reputations are
jeopardized. In a business community and
in challenging economic times, protracted
and unresolved disputes can be particularly
destructive.
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Effective mediation is both a science and
an art. In facilitating the negotiation
of people in conflict, mediators deal with
a highly dynamic and situation-specific
confluence of personalities, perceptions
and procedure and their effect upon interests,
needs, wants and values. Sometimes agreements
and resolutions are readily reached. At
other times, conflicts become intractable.
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