From the course: Practicing Fairness as a Manager
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Distributive fairness
- Thomas and Sue were both hired as lawyers at the same law firm three years ago. Thomas has won five cases in a row and really shined at one that went to trial. He's received praise from his boss and has been given a more high profile case than he'd had in the past. Now there are rumors of promotion. Sue is doing well too. She also won her last three cases and was part of the team that helped Thomas shine. And Sue believes she works more hours than Thomas. Sue hasn't received any praise from her boss and isn't being considered for the promotion. When Sue asked her boss about it, he said that, given everything Thomas is doing, he is indeed up for the promotion and she is not. We can surmise that Sue isn't feeling too good about this. She's feeling like things are unfair. Sue is feeling a lack of distributive fairness. In other words, she feels that the allocation of resources was unfair, because her and Thomas' contributions were equal while their rewards are not. When it comes to…
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