Editing Mediation (section)

=== Codes of conduct ===
[[File:Mediator-mediation.jpg|thumb|A 1904 illustration of a mediation scene from the [[Siege of Port Arthur]], wherein Japanese parliamentarians negotiate a [[ceasefire]] in order to allow the burial of the dead]]
Common elements of codes of conduct include:

* informing participants as to the process of mediation
* adopting a neutral stance
* revealing any potential conflicts of interest
* maintaining confidentiality within the bounds of the law
* mindfulness of the psychological and physical wellbeing of all participants
* directing participants to appropriate sources for legal advice
* engaging in ongoing training
* practising only in those fields in which they have expertise.

====Australia====
In Australia mediation codes of conduct are articulated in the AMDRAS<ref name=":1" /> which includes practice expectations and a code of conduct superseding the NMAS in 2025. 

A number of professional associations for mediators and law societies also have developed Codes of Conduct or similar. 

'''Europe'''

The CPR/Georgetown Ethics Commission, the Mediation Forum of the Union International des Avocats, and the [[European Commission]] have promulgated codes of conduct for mediators.

====Canada====
In Canada codes of conduct for mediators are set by professional organizations. In Ontario three distinct professional organizations maintain codes of conduct for mediators. The Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario and the Ontario Association of Family Mediators set standards for their members who mediate family matters and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario who sets standards for their members.

The Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario, a regional affiliate of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada, uses the code of conduct from the federal organization to regulate the conduct of its members. The Code's three objectives are to provide guiding principles for the conduct of mediators; to promote confidence in mediation as a process for resolving disputes; and to provide protection for members of the public who use mediators who are members of the institute.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wakely|first1=Dave|title=Mediator Codes of Conduct Canada|url=http://wakelymediation.com/2017/08/mediator-codes-conduct-canada/|website=Wakely Mediation|date=15 August 2017|access-date=16 August 2017}}</ref>

In British Columbia, Mediate BC Society sets and maintains Standards of Conduct for its Registered Roster Mediators (RRMs) and Associates and Standards of Conduct for Med-Arbitrators on its Med-Arb roster.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Standards of Conduct & Complaint Process {{!}} Mediate BC Home {{!}} Effective Conflict Resolution |url=https://www.mediatebc.com/for-mediators/standards-of-conduct |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=www.mediatebc.com |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120140120/https://www.mediatebc.com/for-mediators/standards-of-conduct |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mediate BC Society is a non-profit society that "serves and protects the public by promoting professionalism and quality in mediation and other collaborative dispute resolution processes."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strategic Plan 2020–2023 {{!}} Mediate BC Home {{!}} Effective Conflict Resolution |url=https://www.mediatebc.com/about-us/strategic-plan-overview |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=www.mediatebc.com |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520164635/https://www.mediatebc.com/about-us/strategic-plan-overview |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====France====
In France, professional mediators have created an organization to develop a rational approach to conflict resolution. This approach is based on a "scientific" definition of a person and a conflict. These definitions help to develop a structured mediation process. Mediators have adopted a code of ethics which guarantees professionalism.<ref>Pratique de la médiation professionnelle, Jean-Louis Lascoux, ESF Sciences Humaines, 2001–2017.</ref><ref>Code de la Médiation pour l'orientation de la médiation, Agnès Tavel, Médiateurs Editeurs, 2009.</ref><ref>Dictionnaire encyclopédique de la Médiation au service de la qualité relationnelle et de l'Entente Sociale, Jean-Louis Lascoux, ESF Sciences Humaines, 2019.</ref>

====Germany====
In Germany, the process and responsibilities of a mediator are legally defined in the Mediation Act 2012 (''Mediationsgesetz'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=MediationsG - nichtamtliches Inhaltsverzeichnis |url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/mediationsg/index.html |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=www.gesetze-im-internet.de}}</ref> The Act codifies the general process (facilitation by a neutral, 3rd-party mediator without evaluation or solution proposals) and specific terms (e.g. ''funktionaler Mediator''<ref>{{cite web |date=2015-04-27 |title=SIMK ADR news Funktionaler Mediator |url=http://steinberg-mediation-hannover.de/funktionaler-mediatorenbegriff/ |access-date=2017-07-02 |publisher=SIMK Hannover, Germany}}</ref>). Mediators have certain information and disclosure obligations as well as limitations of practice. In particular, a person who has previously provided any form of counseling to any party in the conflict (legal, social, financial, etc.) may not act as a mediator in the case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://steinberg-mediation-hannover.de/vorbefassungsverbot/|title=SIMK ADR news Vorbefassungsverbot |publisher=SIMK Hannover, Germany|date=2015-10-01|access-date=2017-07-02}}</ref> The Act applies to practitioners even if they refer to their approach not as mediation, but facilitation (''Prozessbegleitung''), conciliation (''Schlichtung''), conflict counseling (''Konflikt-Beratung'') or anything else.