When Money is the Main Issue
Mediations can be about many things: misunderstanding, respect, hurt feelings, and more. But some mediations, especially in the world of business, often come down to one key issue: money. A pie of fixed size sits before the two parties, and the goal of each side is to obtain as large a percentage of it as possible. A zero-sum game. The more, presumably the better. As actor Cuba Gooding, Jr., famously tells his agent, played by Tom Cruise, in the film, Jerry Maguire: "Show me
