Professional Approach |
Parties are fairly equal
Parties are rational
Conflict issues are negotiable |
Neutral intervention in the forms of mediation or facilitation
Respect parties' own version of what is right and what is just
Maintain parties' ownership of the conflict, issues and outcome |
Maintain peaceful coexistence |
Empowerment Approach |
Injustice and inequality exist in society parties to conflicts are not always equally empowered |
Use
of intervention models which would lead to empowering disenfranchised
parties: activism, advocacy, mediation, research, enforcement |
Justice and freedom |
Common Good Approach |
No society may function without shared meaning and values |
Use
of intervention models which would ensure that common values and norms
are shared by parties, and guide their decision making process.
Use of normative mediation and arbitration |
Social justice based on the common good. |