Monday, 14 May 2012
Preparing for an interview with Nils Christie; seminal Restorative Justice theorist and all round "hero"
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Concerning the integrity of an organisation and the individual
An organisation's decisions is no more than the sum of the decisions by the individuals who have power in that organisation.
At times I guess we all change our plans and make pragmatic decisions that aren't in accord with our highest values. If a national charity that stands for justice by the people loses sight of practicising this process of justice between the stakeholders in a dispute, that matters to me. As a party to a dispute that was "swept under the carpet" that matters to me all the more. I wonder if the organisation will ever come to an agreed account of how it was that I was not allowed to complete my elected 3 years in office as a Trustee?
It's not just this organisation that can be critiqued in terms of its ability to care about an agreed account of what happened; many organisations don't care to take this responsibility to seek agreement about the facts of what happened. Even though we know disputes are inevitable, we are often ill prepared for them when they arise, and fail to learn from the last one in order to generate a "harmonistion policy" -an example of which is here.
Whenever you hear about a conflict or dispute it may help if you ask whether there is either agreed version of "what happened" or what is holding up the journey towards getting one?
At times I guess we all change our plans and make pragmatic decisions that aren't in accord with our highest values. If a national charity that stands for justice by the people loses sight of practicising this process of justice between the stakeholders in a dispute, that matters to me. As a party to a dispute that was "swept under the carpet" that matters to me all the more. I wonder if the organisation will ever come to an agreed account of how it was that I was not allowed to complete my elected 3 years in office as a Trustee?
It's not just this organisation that can be critiqued in terms of its ability to care about an agreed account of what happened; many organisations don't care to take this responsibility to seek agreement about the facts of what happened. Even though we know disputes are inevitable, we are often ill prepared for them when they arise, and fail to learn from the last one in order to generate a "harmonistion policy" -an example of which is here.
Whenever you hear about a conflict or dispute it may help if you ask whether there is either agreed version of "what happened" or what is holding up the journey towards getting one?
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