Conflict Mapping and Analysis Present Conflict Deals

Question: Define the Conflict Mapping and Analysis for Present Conflict Deals. Answer: The present conflict deals with George Pell (GP) who declined Royal Commission appearance request to give testimony in person. George Pell is a well-known personality in Australian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (Halter, 2013, pp.261). In the present context, David Ridsdale accused George Pell of offering bribing with intention to hide the truth of child sex abuse. The case later appears in the year May 2015, in which the allegations were present to Royal Commission for judgement (Marr, 2013). In this case, Ridsdale was charged for child sexual abuse cases, whereas Pell denied for any knowledge in conjunction with Ridsdale action. Pell was instructed to appear before the Royal Commission, but he denied the request to give testimony in person, which is the reason for conflict in the present context. Factors fuelling the conflict issue are (Guerzoni and Graham, 2015, pp.58): Media: For media, it is a subject of attention. This news helps them to increase their sell either through newspaper or through web pages. This story creates a source of interest and excitement among the public and fuels the conflict. Legislators: The decision of the commission may affect the current legislation or its interpretation, which acts as one of the critical fueling factor in this conflict. In order to ensure protection for the victims, who seek equality from the institution, the decision of the legislators might have fuelled the conflict. Political issue: the Political issue is another fuelling agent for this conflict. The previous government (now opposition party) has organised the Royal commission. The Catholic Church is however greatly influenced by the current administration. Hence there is a strong relationship between the elected leaders of the current government and the religious leaders of the Catholic Church (Waddell and Jones, 2016). Hence, now the case file hangs between the two political parties,e., the ruling party and the opposition party. Hence, political parties fuel the conflict issue along with the media. Geographical issue: Actually the commission is present in Australia, whereas George Pell is present in the Vatican City and it is difficult in his part to cover such a long distance. Thus, he is allowed to give the testimony via video link. Immediate stakeholders involved in this conflict are as follows: George Pell: He agrees to give testimony in front of the Royal Commission in spite of his ill health. He did not care about a health and life rather he put them on a stake and agrees to give testimony. He needs to travel a long distance to reach the commission i.e. from Vatican City to Australia. Fortunately, another solution that is via video link is arranged for him. The Royal commission: The commission needs to hear the testimony of the related parties reliable with the ToR legislation. The commission has to listen to the evidence in time and in an unbiased way in accordance to ToR legislation, to determine whether further action if needed (Mullis and Scott, 2012, pp.5). The commission needs to listen to all parties related to the case, despite their personal desire to do so or not. Policy makers/Legislators: The results of the case found by the Royal Commission may have an effect on the current legislation, that is ToR legislation. The legislation should protect the victims of child sexual abuse who are charged with a duty of care. The legislator should always ensure the smooth functioning of the government and legislation. Australian community: According to the Australian community, serious legal action should be taken against the child sexual abuser and those who support these crimes. The child sexual abuser needs to be punished for the betterment of the community behaviour and social values (Mullis and Scott, 2012, pp.5). Indirect stakeholders involved in this conflict are as follows: Victims and their associates: They should present the details of their case to the commission and may ask for redress the crime charged against them. Additionaly, the institutes should show their concern and care time to time (Budiselik, 2014, pp.565). Religious leaders/members of the Catholic Church: According to them the recent procedure to deal with the child sexual abuser is enough and further steps need to be taken to avoid such action in future for the name of the organisation (Halter, 2013, pp.261). Media: This topic of child sexual abuse is a fascinating question for both media as well as the public. While media always tries to create exciting stories for the public, but public are in search of news rather than stories. Root causes of this conflict are as follows: Political cause: There is a strong relationship between the elected leaders of the present government and the religious leaders of the Catholic Church. The commission was organised by the previous government (now in opposition party); whereas the Catholic Church is however greatly influenced by the current administration. Presently, the commission has taken its hand from all the political systems and have its separate own power. In contrast, the media is always interested in the conflict between the political leaders and the religious leaders (Budiselik, 2014, pp.565). Environmental cause: The Environmental factor is one of the major root causes of this conflict. George Pell, who has to give the testimony, resides in Vatican City; whereas the commission is present in Australia. George Pell due to some health issues is unable to move to Australia to give testimony. Thus, to solve this problem an alternative is found; GP can appear as testimony through the video link (Healy, 2015, pp.1). Legislative cause: The Royal commission is based on the Australian legislation /ToR legislation. The decision of the commission relies upon the report of the panel. Moreover, any change in the legislation can be done by the ruling government (Foley, 2015, pp.164). Socio-cultural cause: Social and cultural factors are one of the most important root causes of this conflict. Earlier the society used to dishonour the victim of abuse. Nowadays the community tries to aware the society about the pain and suffering experienced by the victim of abuse (Mullis and Scott, 2012, pp.5). Time cause: The testimony of GP is most necessary for the further proceedings and investigations of the case file of the child sexual abuse for the royal commission (Foley, 2015, pp.164). Economic cause: the Economical issue is one of the major root causes of this conflict. Economic support or any kind of funding is not provided to the testimonies to appear before the commission. References: Budiselik, W., Crawford, F. and Chung, D., 2014. The Australian Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse: dreaming of child safe organisations?. Social Sciences, 3(3), pp.565-583. Foley, T., 2015. Institutional responses to child sexual abuse: how a moral conversation with its lawyers might contribute to cultural change in a faith-based institution. Legal Ethics, 18(2), pp.164-181. Guerzoni, M. and Graham, H., 2015. Catholic Church Responses to Clergy-Child Sexual Abuse and Mandatory Reporting Exemptions in Victoria, Australia: A Discursive Critique. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 4(4), pp.58-75. Halter, N., 2013. The Australian Catholic Church and the Public Sphere: World Youth Day 2008. 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