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…
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…
In these strange and challenging times, many mediation and ombudsman programs are having to make the switch to working virtually with visitors using a variety of web-based and telephone-based meeting approaches. While much of my mediation and ombuds work has been based out of “brick and mortar” programs, since 2011, much of my work has also…
Today’s post is prompted by all of the recent activity and heightened awareness about sexual harassment, sexual assault, and disparate sexual treatment. Those of you who have followed this blog may know that, in my long career and as the principal of Business Excellence Solutions, I have worked in the field of conflict resolution as…
Need a simple turnkey program to meet the NAR requirement? The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) has adopted policy that requires all local and state associations of REALTORS® to offer, either directly or as part of a cooperative enforcement agreement, ombudsman services to their members, clients, and consumers by January 1, 2016. Based on your…
Need a simple turnkey program to meet the NAR requirement? The National Association of REALTORS
Ombuds Programs for REALTOR® Transactions For many years one of the essential services that REALTOR® associations have provided is a review process for ethics complaints. And, for some years now, local and regional REALTOR® associations have experimented with ways to improve the timeliness and effectiveness of ethics reviews and disputes among REALTORS® and between REALTORS® and the general public.…
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. Of course, many factors beyond cost are typically weighed…
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…
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…