To heighten and enlighten the syllabus of the primer, the text of The Keys to Conflict Resolution and the Ongoing Dialogue on Conflict Resolution, Ted Kheel entered into an agreement with Robert Mankoff, president of The Cartoon Bank, a division of The New Yorker Magazine, to create a collection of "Cartoons on Conflict Resolution." This web site contains the first 31 cartoons of the collection. They have been assembled under the headings of the voluntary techniques - negotiation, mediation and arbitration - and can be accessed by clicking on the punch line of the cartoon. Viewers are invited to submit additional cartoons for posting. Here are a few examples of how cartoons can brighten and enlighten conflict resolution.

On the importance of innovative alternatives in complex conflicts, there is the man demonstrating his resourcefulness by saying, "I do have a fallback position, but it involves firearms." In contrasting a tough-as-nails approach in negotiation with examples from Dale Carnegie's book on How to Win Friends and Influence People, there is the negotiator saying, "Tell him that I sincerely apologize for grabbing him by the hair and beating his head on the negotiating table." Reflecting our innate myopia, necessarily seeing things from our own point of view while rarely reflecting on the other side's perspective, there is the cartoon of a man saying, "I place the blame for the decline of heavy industry squarely at the doorstep of management, labor, government and the general public."

Visitors to the Web Site are being invited to compose and submit cartoons they believe will illustrate the principles of conflict resolution discussed in the book. Prizes will be awarded for cartoons worthy of inclusion in the collection. They will then be posted on PERC's web site.

To access cartoons about litigation, negotiation, mediation, or arbitration, click on the corresponding link below.

Litigation
Negotiation
Mediation
Arbitration