Mediators have an obligation to create a safe, bias free environment for parties to engage in meaningful mediations. Their own neutrality is critical to the integrity of the process. By learning about the concept of implicit bias and the science of decision making, mediators will have the tools to understand the role unconscious bias plays in negotiation dynamics and how mediators can consciously reduce the impact of bias and prejudice without losing impartiality as a neutral during the dispute resolution process
