Self-paced
Company president: Grievance procedures should allow the grievant and the respondent to select a mediator who will attempt to work out a resolution. ██████████ ███ ██████ ███ █████████ █████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ██ █████ ████████ █████████ █████████ ██████ ████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ███ █████ █████████ ██████████ █████████ █████ ██ ██████████ ████████████
Summary
While mediation generally is helpful in resolving grievances, HR’s suggestion of starting mediation late in the process would not be effective.
Notable Assumptions
The argument asserts that starting mediation late in the process would be ineffective but does not provide any particular reasons why we ought to believe that this is the case. We’re therefore looking for some statement that helps justify this conclusion - something that explains why it’s bad to start mediation late.
1.
Which one of the following, ██ █████ ████ █████ ██ ███████ ███ ███████ ███████████ █████████ ██ ███ █████ █████████ ████████████ █████████
a
People who file ██████████ ███ ████████████ ███ █████ ██████ █████████ ██ █ █████████
Wrong trigger. The argument generally suggests that mediation is helpful in resolving grievances, and is only concerned about the suggestion of starting mediation late in the process.
b
Many disagreements are ███████ █████ ██████ ███████ ███ ████████████ ██ █ █████████
Wrong trigger. The argument generally suggests that mediation is helpful in resolving grievances, and is only concerned about the suggestion of starting mediation late in the process.
c
Adversaries' positions tend ██ ██████ ██ █ ███████ █████ ███ ██████ ██████████ ████ ███████
This helps justify the claim that it’s bad to start mediation late in the process. If people are less likely to compromise by the time mediation even starts, then it makes sense that mediation would be ineffective.
d
Respondents tend to ██ ███████████ ███ ██████ ████ ██ ██ █████████ ███████ ██████ ██████████
Wrong trigger. The argument generally suggests that mediation is helpful in resolving grievances, and is only concerned about the suggestion of starting mediation late in the process.
e
The mediation process ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ████ ██ ████ ███ █████ ██ ███ ███████ █████████ ███████████
Wrong trigger. The argument generally suggests that mediation is helpful in resolving grievances, and is only concerned about the suggestion of starting mediation late in the process.