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Reconnecting Systems Maintenance with Social Justice: A Critical Role for Conflict Resolution
Author(s) -
Schoeny Mara,
Warfield Wallace
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
negotiation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1571-9979
pISSN - 0748-4526
DOI - 10.1111/j.1571-9979.2000.tb00217.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , alternative dispute resolution , conflict resolution , dispute resolution , social justice , political science , social contract , sociology , law and economics , economic justice , resolution (logic) , field (mathematics) , public relations , law , computer science , mathematics , politics , pure mathematics , artificial intelligence
With roots in both the field of labor‐management negotiation and the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, practitioners and theorists of conflict resolution have been guided by two main theories concerning the objectives of alternative dispute resolution. On the one hand is the objective of systems maintenance, with an emphasis on stability and rational decision making. On the other hand is the objective of social justice, which emphasizes changing social institutions and organizations to support the protection of basic human rights and needs. This article analyzes the assumptions of both objectives and concludes with recommendations for how to make the goals of systems maintenance and social justice mutually supporting.