Clip length/Date:(16:37min - 03/13/09)

Summary: Why IMI?

That’s the gist of the question that International Mediation Institute head, Michael Leathes, asks International Dispute Negotiation host Mike McIlwrath, to open Part II of their conversation on credentialing mediators.

The Netherlands-based IMI is receiving wide support—and some skeptical looks—for its efforts to decrease wasteful litigation with increased mediation use in cross-border disputes. IMI intends to make available a wide range of information about individual mediators.

In last week’s podcast, Michael Leathes explained how IMI screens applicants, what it expects, how it will disseminate information on the Web, and why its critics are wrong.

This week, the conversation focuses on the need. IDN host Mike McIlwrath is chairman of IMI’s board. His guest turns the tables and asks why his employer, General Electric Co., is interested in IMI, and why it backs IMI’s goals. Find out why GE is a “pro-mediation company,” and why the company believes it has a stake in seeing it used more in business, worldwide.

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