NZQA registered unit standard
12839 version 4
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Title
Demonstrate understanding of ethical and legal obligations of
mediators
Level
5
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
understanding of ethical issues for mediators and the legal
liability of mediators.
Classification
Public Sector Services > Mediation
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Definitions
The ethical and legal obligations are those arising from mediations where the mediator has
no decision making power in the content of the mediation.
AMINZ refers to the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand Inc
http://www.aminz.org.nz/MainMenu.
LEADR refers to the Leading Edge in Alternative Dispute Resolvers
http://www.leadr.co.nz/db/index.php.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate understanding of ethical issues for mediators.
Range
ethical issues are to be referenced back to an identified code of ethics, rules or
standards for mediation which may include but is not limited to – AMINZ,
LEADR.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Demonstration identifies the code of ethics the mediator operates from in
mediation.
1.2
Demonstration identifies ethical issues by reference to an actual mediation
scenario.
1.3
Demonstration discusses, by reference to an actual mediation scenario,
responses to the ethical issues.
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
12839 version 4
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Outcome 2
Demonstrate understanding of the legal liability of mediators.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Demonstration identifies potential legal obligations of mediators.
2.2
Demonstration identifies issues of ethical and legal obligations with reference to
an actual mediation scenario.
Status and review information
Registration date
20 September 2002
Date version published
16 July 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0121
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
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an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can
report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading
to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact The Skills Organisation info@skills.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016