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Christopher Moore's Circle Of Conflict Model

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I described the conflict that resulted from a disputed presidential election in Kenya that resulted in a humanitarian and political crisis. The top two presidential candidates were claiming victory, each claiming that the other rigged the elections. The conflict led to nation-wide violence due to the strong support from the ethnically rooted politics on either side. The conflict was resolved using the mediation model, a non-adversarial conflict management process designed to create a joint courteous solution (Furlong, 2005). The international community intervened to resolve the conflict while human rights organizations went in to ensure the rights of the citizens. The two opposing parties came up with power-sharing arrangement which led to …show more content…

An officer walked up to an inmate and gave the order for printing customized sticky notes instead of giving to the second officer, the inmate supervisor. There had been a heated exchange of words until Adejoke stepped in. Christopher Moore’s circle of conflict model was used to resolve the conflict. Moore has come up with five causes of conflict which he depicts as slices of a circular pie. These causes are structural, data, relationships, interests and values. A conflict can arise from one or multiple causes (Furlong 2005). Adejoke found that the conflict arose over something that was considered normal, that is, officers were fond of handing over their orders to the inmates instead of the supervising officer. In addition, this conflict was also based on an earlier incident where the first officer had reported the supervisor and the supervisor had faced disciplinary actions. Adejoke was able to correct the first officer that he ought to hand his order to the supervisor and that the second officer should not retaliate based on previous incidents. The model solved the conflict quickly since neither was praised or blamed. The officers realized their wrongs and apologized to each

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