New Information for Organizational Ombudsmen in Higer Education

The United States Department of Education has released its revised Title IX Regulations governing campus responses to sexual assault and sexual harassment in schools. I have extracted some key points for organizational ombuds working in education — particularly those working on College and University Campuses. I extracted 14 points as preliminary information for ombuds practicing

Organizational Ombuds: An important resource in Turbulent Times

The organizational ombudsman model has been widely embraced for many years by colleges, universities, and progressive corporations as an important resource to ensure that students and employees have a neutral, confidential, informal resource available to assist when issues or conflict arise. In these times of crisis and change, the ombuds resource becomes an even more

Demonstrating the Cost-Benefits of Your ADR Program

Cost-Benefit of Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes for Employers: A study in metrics and program design. Organizations that are considering implementing new programs to address disputes in the workplace frequently wonder whether the cost of administering internal conflict resolution processes will justify the benefits of having them.

Summary of Activities for 2012

Introduction 2012 was an incredibly busy year for our Business Excellence Solutions collaboration! As an entity, we have grown to the point where we have had to revisit our structure to ensure that we continue seamless support of our diverse and incredibly interesting client-base. Business Excellence Solutions has relied on an informal business model that

Announcing an exciting new relationship!

We are excited to announce that the Business Excellence Solutions Team is working with the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR) Ombudsman to implement and operate its new IFFOR Office of the Ombudsman. IFFOR is an international not-for-profit organization based in Washington DC that develops policies and standards governing the new dot-xxx Internet domain. IFFOR