ADR in the News
"Employers who provide mediation training for staff are likely to have significantly less disciplinary cases... Training in conflict management and mediation is essential if line managers are to become more competent and confident in managing conflict. Only then will the waste of management time be reduced and more harmonious, more productive relationships at work develop."
UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
"The Toro Company has saved $900,000 annually since instituting the use of ADR."
Toro Company's Pre-Litigation ADR Program
"90% of respondents view ADR as a critical cost-control technique."
Price Waterhouse and Cornell’s PERC Institute survey on Conflict Resolution in Fortune 1000 companies
"Twenty-four companies, that adopted an ADR policy, estimated legal cost savings totaling $24,015,000."
CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
"One of the fastest growing ADR fields is that of school mediation, particularly peer mediation programs, where learning conflict resolution has been referred to as "The Fourth R"."
Journal of Social Work in Education
"The larger firms in Ireland have made moves towards ADR, working towards putting the structure in place for large-scale mediation."
Legal500.com
"ADR has been advocated in the Health Security Act as an integral part of the future of the American health care industry."
Hastings Centre Report
"The willingness of Pfizer and the government to work together with the help of ADR led to a result that was in their mutual interest, and generated dividends for the community. Both sides saved time and money that would otherwise have been devoted to litigation and improved the relations between them."
Interagency ADR Work Group, CIVIL ENFORCEMENT SECTION
"The Treasury Solicitor's Department has estimated an overall saving of legal costs of £2.5m, through the use of ADR."
Lord Chancellor's Department, UK
"The ADR process was instrumental in breaking a deadlock in negotiations between U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Navy over alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)."
Interagency ADR Work Group, CIVIL ENFORCEMENT SECTION
"ADR produced an environmentally protective permit that met the varied interests of The Department of the Navy and the Environmental Protection Agency. Through the DON ADR Program, the parties used the services of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict, to convene a mediation. From start to finish, the mediation process lasted only 5 months. For the Navy, it reduced monitoring requirements and eliminated certain effluent limits, resulting in a significant cost savings to the federal government over the five-year permit period. For EPA, and others, the new permit recognized the need to monitor water quality and impose limits on all sites within the Anacostia River watershed. The Navy’s ADR team, including Rear Admiral Christopher Weaver, Commandant, Naval District Washington, believes this case positively demonstrates the win-win possibilities of cooperative environmental conflict resolution and right in-line with good stewardship."
Dispute Resolution on the Anacostia
